AA6279American Airlines · SMF → LAX
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA6279 SacramentoSMF · 11:49 Los AngelesLAX · 13:26

AA6279 by American Airlines flies from Sacramento (SMF) to Los Angeles (LAX) for the Mon, Oct 19 departure.

Right nowExpected · today · as of 10:33
11:49

departs SMF · on schedule

⚖ AA6279 typically leaves +17 and lands −19. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-18
+58 gate · +21 arrival
10-17
+7 gate · −29 arrival
10-16
+29 gate · −7 arrival
10-15
+9 gate · −27 arrival
10-14
+17 gate · −23 arrival
10-13
+23 gate · −17 arrival
10-12
+17 gate · −20 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −19 min · 0 cancelled · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SMFSacramentoOn-time likelySMF delay board →
LAXLos AngelesOn-time likelyLAX delay board →
SMF→LAXevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at SMF and LAX are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Sacramento to Los Angeles flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA6265departs 06:19
AA6278departs 19:21

If AA6279 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Sacramento to Los Angeles on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SMF local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA6279 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA6279 across the SMF and LAX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 8/10 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA6279 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
10-18SMF 11:49 12:47 (+58)LAX 13:26 13:47 (+21)
10-17SMF 11:49 11:56 (+7)LAX 13:26 12:57 (−29)
10-16SMF 11:49 12:18 (+29)LAX 13:26 13:19 (−7)
10-15SMF 11:49 11:58 (+9)LAX 13:26 12:59 (−27)
10-14SMF 11:49 12:06 (+17)LAX 13:26 13:03 (−23)
10-13SMF 11:49 12:12 (+23)LAX 13:26 13:09 (−17)
10-12SMF 11:49 12:06 (+17)LAX 13:26 13:06 (−20)
10-11SMF 11:49 11:56 (+7)LAX 13:26 13:00 (−26)
10-10SMF 11:49 12:09 (+20)LAX 13:26 13:12 (−14)
10-09SMF 11:49 12:06 (+17)LAX 13:26 13:07 (−19)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N740EV, N870DC, N751SK, N758SK.

Board clocks recorded as SMF and LAX published them.

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