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Direct flights from Sacramento (SMF) to Lihue (LIH): 4 nonstop departures observed each week across 1 airline. The median arrival is 8 minutes late. No cancellations were recorded across the 3 tracked flights. The nonstop covers 4,033 km, an estimated 5 hours 40 minutes in the air. Measured by Pro Flight Search from live flight boards at Sacramento and Lihue. Updated 10 September 2026 at 13:18 UTC.
SMF
Sacramento
smooth · +9
LIH
Lihue
tracking
4,033 km · ~5h 40m est.
Running clean · 1 airline · 4x weekly · nonstop
86 / 100
route health from live SMF and LIH delay boards
Median arrival delay is +8 min. 0 of 3 tracked legs cancelled in the sample. Will a delayed flight be cancelled? →
Median arrival+8 minacross the last 3 operated legs
Flight time~5h 40mestimated from route distance
Weekly departures4x1 direct airline on the leg
The week
scheduled departures · origin local time06121824
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time, observed operating in the last 7 days. Today is highlighted.
Who flies it
observed on the boards · 7 daysHistory
operated legs · board outcomesActual board outcomes rather than schedules, paired departure and arrival per flight and day.
Full board history, day by day →
Airports right now
live boardsnext sweep in 120s
How the Sacramento to Lihue route actually runs
Pro Flight Search records official board updates for nonstop SMF to LIH flights through the day: schedules, estimates, gate pushes and actual departures. The verdict above comes from operated flights, so it reflects what this route does rather than what the timetable promises.
Planning around a delay? Live airport delays · Weather delay risk map · Will a delayed flight be cancelled? · Do planes make up time in the air? · How we measure
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Pro Flight Search — Sacramento (SMF) to Lihue (LIH) route reliability, measured from operated flights on official airport boards.
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How we measure this →
https://proflightsearch.com/search-flights/SMF-LIH
SMF to LIH questions
Is SMF–LIH running on time right now?
Smooth skies ahead. The departure side at SMF is the weaker end, route health score 86/100. The airports section above carries the live status and delay window at both ends.
How long is the flight from SMF to LIH?
Great-circle distance is 4,033 km. With typical jet cruise speed plus taxi, climb and descent, expect roughly 315–376 min gate-to-gate on this route.
How often does SMF–LIH fly?
Alaska Airlines runs the route with about 4 flights a week (sun, tue, thu, fri). Since one carrier owns the route, a single disruption tends to ripple through the day.
What does the route health score measure?
A blend of departure-side delay at SMF and arrival-side delay at LIH, computed from rolling delay windows (refreshed every 40 minutes) with a daily-rollup fallback. Current MVFR, IFR, or LIFR endpoint weather caps the score when flight rules can limit throughput. Higher is healthier: 100 means operations are clean at both ends.
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