Live flights over Sacramento International Airport (SMF)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 402 departures and 406 arrivals at Sacramento International Airport, 404 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Los Angeles (LAX), San Diego (SAN) and Seattle (SEA). 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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 218 | 214 | 432 |
| Sat 24 | 184 | 192 | 376 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Los Angeles LAX 72 flights
- San Diego SAN 65 flights
- Seattle SEA 49 flights
- Phoenix PHX 45 flights
- Las Vegas LAS 43 flights
- Denver DEN 40 flights
- Portland PDX 30 flights
- Salt Lake City SLC 26 flights
- Burbank BUR 25 flights
- Ontario ONT 21 flights
- Santa Ana SNA 19 flights
- Long Beach LGB 18 flights
- San Francisco SFO 18 flights
- Boise BOI 14 flights
- Chicago ORD 14 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 13 flights
32 more connections
- Atlanta ATL 10
- Redding RDD 10
- Chicago MDW 8
- Palm Springs PSP 8
- Spokane GEG 7
- Minneapolis MSP 7
- Houston IAH 6
- Honolulu, Oahu HNL 6
- Austin AUS 5
- Nashville BNA 5
- Dallas DAL 5
- Baltimore BWI 4
- Cincinnati / Covington CVG 4
- Eugene EUG 4
- Memphis MEM 4
- Lihue, Kauai LIH 4
- Houston HOU 3
- New York JFK 3
- Vancouver YVR 2
- Charlotte CLT 2
- Newark EWR 2
- Fort Worth FTW 2
- Dulles IAD 2
- Kansas City MCI 2
- Orlando MCO 2
- Santa Barbara SBA 2
- St Louis STL 2
- Calgary YYC 1
- Seattle BFI 1
- Provo PVU 1
- San Jose SJC 1
- Santa Rosa STS 1
Airlines
- Southwest AirlinesSWA 371
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 99
- Alaska AirlinesASA 61
- United AirlinesUAL 55
- Delta Air LinesDAL 43
- American AirlinesAAL 40
- Empire AirlinesCFS 22
- Frontier AirlinesFFT 15
- VolarisVOI 12
- Air Transport InternationalATN 8
Aircraft
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 167
- Boeing 737-700 B737 166
- Boeing 737-800 B738 95
- E75L 95
- Boeing 737-900 B739 48
- B39M 33
- Airbus A321 A321 22
- Airbus A320 A320 19
- BCS1 16
- C208 14
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 (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were Southwest Airlines, SkyWest Airlines, Alaska Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines.
What are the main connections from Sacramento International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Los Angeles (LAX, 72), San Diego (SAN, 65), Seattle (SEA, 49), Phoenix (PHX, 45) and Las Vegas (LAS, 43). 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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