Live flights over Sacramento International Airport (SMF)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 1,274 departures and 1,250 arrivals at Sacramento International Airport, 361 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Los Angeles (LAX), San Diego (SAN) and Phoenix (PHX). The airline seen most often is Southwest Airlines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- SMF
- ICAO code
- KSMF
- City
- Sacramento
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 8 m (27 ft)
- Coordinates
- 38.6954, -121.591
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of Sacramento International Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near Sacramento.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 129 | 124 | 253 |
| Mon 2 | 200 | 192 | 392 |
| Tue 3 | 189 | 186 | 375 |
| Wed 4 | 172 | 173 | 345 |
| Thu 5 | 188 | 187 | 375 |
| Fri 6 | 215 | 203 | 418 |
| Sat 7 | 181 | 185 | 366 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Los Angeles LAX 215 flights
- San Diego SAN 205 flights
- Phoenix PHX 143 flights
- Las Vegas LAS 131 flights
- Denver DEN 129 flights
- Seattle SEA 128 flights
- Burbank BUR 92 flights
- Santa Ana SNA 84 flights
- Portland PDX 81 flights
- Ontario ONT 69 flights
- San Francisco SFO 69 flights
- Long Beach LGB 66 flights
- Salt Lake City SLC 66 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 49 flights
- Chicago ORD 49 flights
- Boise BOI 44 flights
28 more connections
- Honolulu, Oahu HNL 35
- Redding RDD 29
- Spokane GEG 24
- Houston IAH 23
- Chicago MDW 23
- Dallas DAL 22
- Palm Springs PSP 22
- Minneapolis MSP 20
- Atlanta ATL 18
- Eugene EUG 13
- Vancouver YVR 11
- Dulles IAD 11
- St Louis STL 11
- Nashville BNA 10
- Santa Barbara SBA 10
- Austin AUS 9
- Newark EWR 9
- Memphis MEM 9
- Lihue, Kauai LIH 9
- Orlando MCO 8
- Charlotte CLT 7
- Cincinnati / Covington CVG 6
- Houston HOU 6
- Baltimore BWI 5
- Hawthorne HHR 4
- Kansas City MCI 4
- Reno RNO 3
- Fort Worth FTW 2
Airlines
- Southwest AirlinesSWA 1,176
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 335
- United AirlinesUAL 189
- Alaska AirlinesASA 147
- American AirlinesAAL 122
- Delta Air LinesDAL 119
- Empire AirlinesCFS 66
- REHREH 54
- VolarisVOI 46
- Frontier AirlinesFFT 36
Aircraft
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 513
- Boeing 737-700 B737 512
- E75L 308
- Boeing 737-800 B738 286
- Boeing 737-900 B739 118
- Airbus A321neo A21N 90
- Airbus A321 A321 61
- Airbus A320neo A20N 56
- B39M 52
- Airbus A320 A320 51
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of Sacramento International Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/38.6954/lon/-121.591/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near Sacramento right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over Sacramento International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on Sacramento: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of SMF, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from Sacramento International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were Southwest Airlines, SkyWest Airlines, United Airlines, Alaska Airlines and American Airlines.
What are the main connections from Sacramento International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Los Angeles (LAX, 215), San Diego (SAN, 205), Phoenix (PHX, 143), Las Vegas (LAS, 131) and Denver (DEN, 129). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around Sacramento? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for Sacramento International Airport? +
Sacramento International Airport has IATA code SMF and ICAO code KSMF. It lies in California, United States, at coordinates 38.6954, -121.591.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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