WN1296Southwest Airlines · PHX → SMF
live · 47m ago
Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN1296 PhoenixPHX · 20:50 SacramentoSMF · 22:50

WN1296 by Southwest Airlines flies from Phoenix (PHX) to Sacramento (SMF) for the Mon, Sep 21 departure.

Right nowOn Time · gate D8 · as of 11:53
20:50

departs PHX · on schedule

Typical gate push+43 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+74 minmedian over 2 operations

Where the minutes go

last 3 operations · gate push → arrival
0+34+69+103 min
09-18
+103 gate · +74 arrival
09-17
+30 gate · +2 arrival
09-14
+43 gate

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

The route today

live boards
PHXPhoenixOn-time likelyPHX delay board →
SMFSacramentoOn-time likelySMF delay board →
PHX→SMFevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
38%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.9%Chance of cancellation
+5 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at PHX and SMF 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 Phoenix to Sacramento flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN1300departs 05:35
WN134departs 06:00
WN938departs 06:00
WN736departs 07:30
WN1297departs 08:00
WN4288departs 08:10

If WN1296 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Phoenix to Sacramento on the same day, with scheduled departure times in PHX local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How WN1296 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN1296 across the PHX and SMF boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read — pattern not clear yet. Only 2 completed legs so far: landed +77 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN1296 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
09-18PHX 20:50 22:33 (+103)SMF 22:50 00:04 (+74)
09-17PHX 20:50 21:20 (+30)SMF 22:50 22:52 (+2)
09-14PHX 20:50 21:33 (+43)SMF

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8846Q, N8754S.

Board clocks recorded as PHX and SMF published them.

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