WN3974Southwest Airlines · SMF → SEA
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Route confirmed Southwest Airlines

WN3974 SacramentoSMF · 22:05 SeattleSEA · 00:15

WN3974 by Southwest Airlines flies from Sacramento (SMF) to Seattle (SEA).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
10:40

scheduled from SMF

Typical gate push+5 minmedian posted departure

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-28
+9 gate
10-27
+19 gate
10-25
+0 gate
10-21
+0 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
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
0.6%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

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. These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Sacramento to Seattle with Southwest Airlines · Mon 2 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
5.3%0.9× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 3 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

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 Seattle flights today

same route · Southwest Airlines
WN3972departs 05:05
WN4050departs 05:05
WN2514departs 06:25
WN3754departs 06:30
WN3980departs 06:30
WN297departs 06:35

If WN3974 is cancelled, these are the other Southwest Airlines nonstop flights from Sacramento to Seattle on the same day, with scheduled departure times in SMF local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How WN3974 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for WN3974 across the SMF and SEA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Early read: no clear pattern yet. Only 3 completed legs so far: departed +0 min. Not enough to call it.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how WN3974 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
10-28SMF 19:55 20:04 (+9)SEA 21:55
10-27SMF 19:55 20:14 (+19)SEA 21:55
10-25SMF 22:05 (+0)SEA 00:15
10-21SMF 19:55 (+0)SEA 21:55
10-20SMF SEA 21:55

Aircraft

Recent tails: N7877H, N950WN, N291WN.

Board clocks recorded as SMF and SEA published them.

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Pro Flight Search: WN3974 Sacramento to Seattle on-time performance, measured from the SMF and SEA airport boards.

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