WN3278Southwest Airlines · SMF → HNL
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN3278 SacramentoSMF · 09:00 HonoluluHNL · 11:35

WN3278 by Southwest Airlines flies from Sacramento (SMF) to Honolulu (HNL).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
09:00

scheduled from SMF

⚖ WN3278 typically leaves +9 and lands −15. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
09-14
+6 gate · −15 arrival
09-13
+6 gate · −8 arrival
09-12
+10 gate
09-11
+13 gate · −10 arrival
09-10
+9 gate · −20 arrival
09-09
+8 gate · −32 arrival
09-08
+13 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 −15 min · 0 cancelled · 14 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
SMFSacramentoModerate riskSMF delay board →
HNLHonoluluOn-time likelyHNL delay board →
SMF→HNLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
35%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.3%Chance of cancellation
+5 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at SMF and HNL 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.

How WN3278 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN3278 across the SMF and HNL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~18 min early. Based on 3 confirmed landings · 3/3 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 WN3278 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
09-14SMF 09:00 09:06 (+6)HNL 11:35 11:20 (−15)
09-13SMF 09:00 09:06 (+6)HNL 11:35 11:27 (−8)
09-12SMF 09:00 09:10 (+10)HNL 11:35
09-11SMF 09:00 09:13 (+13)HNL 11:35 11:25 (−10)
09-10SMF 09:00 09:09 (+9)HNL 11:35 11:15 (−20)
09-09SMF 09:00 09:08 (+8)HNL 11:35 11:03 (−32)
09-08SMF 09:00 09:13 (+13)HNL 11:35
09-07SMF 09:00 09:06 (+6)HNL 11:35 11:20 (−15)
09-06SMF 09:00 09:15 (+15)HNL 11:35 11:29 (−6)
09-05SMF 09:00 09:33 (+33)HNL 11:35 11:58 (+23)
09-04SMF 09:00 09:08 (+8)HNL 11:35 11:17 (−18)
09-03SMF 09:00 09:07 (+7)HNL 11:35 11:10 (−25)
09-02SMF 09:00 09:10 (+10)HNL 11:35 11:16 (−19)
09-01SMF HNL 11:35 11:27 (−8)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N8790Q, N8742M, N8762Q, N8713M.

Board clocks recorded as SMF and HNL published them.

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