DL3881Delta Air Lines · SMF → SEA
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Route confirmed Delta Air Lines

DL3881 SacramentoSMF · 11:17 SeattleSEA · 13:33

DL3881 by Delta Air Lines flies from Sacramento (SMF) to Seattle (SEA) for the Fri, Sep 18 departure.

Right nowExpected in Seattle · Estimated
13:16

arrival expected at SEA · 17 min early

Typical gate push+11 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−17 minmedian over 1 operations
Wins back in air~28 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-18
+8 gate · −17 arrival
09-17
+8 gate
09-16
+11 gate
09-15
+27 gate
09-14
+22 gate

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 −17 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SMFSacramentoOn-time likelySMF delay board →
SEASeattleHigh riskSEA delay board →
SMF→SEAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
34%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.8%Chance of cancellation
+5 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SMF and SEA 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.

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

When it flies

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

Other Sacramento to Seattle flights today

same route · Delta Air Lines
DL4075departs 07:46
DL4125departs 12:52
DL4153departs 17:28
DL4043departs 19:41

If DL3881 is cancelled, these are the other Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from Sacramento to Seattle 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 DL3881 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for DL3881 across the SMF and SEA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually departs ~11 min late. Based on 5 confirmed departures · 3/5 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how DL3881 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
09-18SMF 11:17 11:25 (+8)SEA 13:33 13:16 (−17)
09-17SMF 11:17 11:25 (+8)SEA 13:33
09-16SMF 11:17 11:28 (+11)SEA 13:33
09-15SMF 11:17 11:44 (+27)SEA 13:33
09-14SMF 11:17 11:39 (+22)SEA 13:33
09-13SMF SEA 13:33

Aircraft

Recent tails: N262SY, N291SY, N302SY.

Board clocks recorded as SMF and SEA published them.

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