Is there a nonstop flight from St Louis (STL) to Sacramento (SMF)?

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

How often do flights leave STL for SMF?

About daily — 7 departures a week in August 2026, compared with 4.5 a week in February 2026.

How much does a nonstop STL to SMF flight cost?

Half of tickets sold on this route were between $250 and $400 one way, with a median of $300. Based on 371 ticket records in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025.

Nonstop route

St Louis to Sacramento nonstop

Yes: Southwest flies direct from St Louis (STL) 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

$250–$400typical one-way · median $300 · US DOT Q2 2025

1,679miles · about 4 hr

Route detail

St Louis to Sacramento in numbers

Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.

Distance and flight time: 1,679 miles nonstop, about 4 hr 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: busiest in September 2025 (7 flights a week), quietest in January 2026 (2 flights a week).
Sep 2025: 7 flights a week
Oct 2025: 7 flights a week
Nov 2025: 7 flights a week
Dec 2025: 7 flights a week
Jan 2026: 2 flights a week
Feb 2026: 5 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 371 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $250 and $400 one way, median $300. 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 $250 one way, middle half $200 to $350, 477 tickets
Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $300 one way, middle half $225 to $450, 371 tickets
Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $275 one way, middle half $250 to $425, 196 tickets
Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $300 one way, middle half $250 to $400, 371 tickets
Jul to Sep trips were the cheapest (median $250 one way) and Oct to Dec and Apr to Jun trips cost the most (median $300), 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 St Louis nonstop.

Also nonstop from St Louis (STL)

Busiest other routes out of the same airport

Denver (DEN) about 11 times a day
Atlanta (ATL) about 10 times a day
Chicago (ORD) about 9 times a day
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) about 7 times a day
Orlando (MCO) about 6 times a day
New York (LGA) about 6 times a day
Minneapolis (MSP) about 6 times a day
Washington (DCA) about 6 times a day

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