DEN to SMF: Distance and Flight Time

How far is it from Denver to Sacramento?

The great-circle distance between Denver International Airport (DEN) and Sacramento International Airport (SMF) is 1,460 km (907 mi, 788 nautical miles). That is the straight-line distance; a real flight is a little longer because of air-traffic routing.

How long is the flight from DEN to SMF?

A nonstop flight typically takes about 2h 20m. This is an estimate from the distance; actual block times depend on the aircraft, winds and the exact routing. SMF is roughly west of DEN.

How is the DEN to SMF route written in code?

The pair is written DEN-SMF in IATA codes and KDEN-KSMF in ICAO codes, the form used on a flight plan. Denver International Airport is DEN (KDEN), Sacramento International Airport is SMF (KSMF).

Both ICAO codes start with K, the prefix ICAO assigns to the contiguous United States, so this is a route inside one ICAO region. How ICAO prefixes are laid out.

SMF sits 5,404 ft (1,647 m) lower than DEN, which is a real difference in air density on takeoff.

Airlines flying DEN to SMF

2 airlines appear on this route in the open route dataset, 2 of them still listed as active. Each row gives the IATA code, the ICAO code and the radio callsign, which is what an air traffic controller hears:

A further 1 carrier sell this pair as a codeshare without operating it: FL.

Route and carrier data comes from the OpenFlights open dataset, regenerated here on 3 July 2026. It is a historical snapshot of scheduled connections, not a live schedule, and it includes codeshare listings, so some carriers shown may no longer operate the route or exist. How we build this · Data and sources.

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