Direct flights from Orlando (MCO) to Sacramento (SMF): 7 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. 43% of the last 7 operated flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. The median arrival is 17 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 7 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 3,869 km, an estimated 5 hours 28 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Orlando and Sacramento. Updated 17 October 2026 at 12:22 UTC.
The MCO board at 08:22 shows departure at 16:50 instead of 16:30, gate 110 (TA).
Checked MCO board 08:22 · SMF board 22:07
of the last 7 operated MCO → SMF flights arrived within 15 minutes
Median arrival delay is +17 min. 0 of 7 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Actual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Current conditions put the pressure at SMF: 39% odds of a 15+ minute delay and around +8 min expected when it bites, measured from this route's own weather-matched delay history. See live delays → · Weather risk by airport →
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Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop MCO to SMF flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
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Pro Flight Search — Orlando (MCO) to Sacramento (SMF) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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Smooth skies ahead. The arrival side at SMF is the weaker end, route health score 88/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
Great-circle distance is 3,869 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 303–362 min gate-to-gate on this route.
Southwest Airlines runs the route with about 7 flights a week (daily). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
A blend of departure-side delay at MCO and arrival-side delay at SMF, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.
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