Is there a nonstop flight from Austin (AUS) to Sacramento (SMF)?

Yes. Southwest operates a nonstop AUS–SMF service year-round.

How often do flights leave AUS for SMF?

About daily — 7 departures a week in August 2026, compared with 7 a week in February 2026.

How much does a nonstop AUS to SMF flight cost?

Half of tickets sold on this route were between $175 and $300 one way, with a median of $225. Based on 1,095 ticket records in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025.

Nonstop route

Austin to Sacramento nonstop

Yes: Southwest flies direct from Austin (AUS) to Sacramento (SMF) about 7 times a week, year-round.

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daily7 flights a week

Year-roundflown 12 of the last 12 months

$175–$300typical one-way · median $225 · US DOT Q2 2025

1,481miles · about 3 hr 35 min

Route detail

Austin to Sacramento in numbers

Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.

Distance and flight time: 1,481 miles nonstop, about 3 hr 35 min gate to gate. Flight time is an estimate from the great-circle distance; the filings carry distance, not scheduled elapsed time.
Seasonality: Flew every month of the last year, a steady 7 flights a week.
Sep 2025: 8 flights a week
Oct 2025: 8 flights a week
Nov 2025: 8 flights a week
Dec 2025: 8 flights a week
Jan 2026: 7 flights a week
Feb 2026: 7 flights a week
Mar 2026: 7 flights a week
Apr 2026: 7 flights a week
May 2026: 7 flights a week
Jun 2026: 7 flights a week
Jul 2026: 7 flights a week
Aug 2026: 7 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings.
Who operates the flights: Southwest is the only carrier filing this pair.
Fares: Half of the 1,095 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $175 and $300 one way, median $225. The survey runs a couple of quarters behind, so read it as the shape of the route's pricing rather than today's quote.
Jul to Sep (Q3 2024): median $200 one way, middle half $175 to $300, 911 tickets
Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $250 one way, middle half $200 to $350, 991 tickets
Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $225 one way, middle half $175 to $350, 813 tickets
Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $225 one way, middle half $175 to $300, 1,095 tickets
Jul to Sep trips were the cheapest (median $200 one way) and Oct to Dec trips cost the most (median $250), in the DOT ticket survey for Q3 2024 to Q2 2025. Bars show the middle half of one-way fares; the mark is the median.

Flying the other way? Sacramento to Austin nonstop.

Also nonstop from Austin (AUS)

Busiest other routes out of the same airport

Denver (DEN) about 16 times a day
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) about 12 times a day
Atlanta (ATL) about 12 times a day
Los Angeles (LAX) about 10 times a day
Chicago (ORD) about 9 times a day
Phoenix (PHX) about 9 times a day
Nashville (BNA) about 8 times a day
San Francisco (SFO) about 8 times a day

All 77 nonstop destinations from AUS

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