SkyWest Airlines in October 2023

85.1%arrived on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In October 2023, SkyWest Airlines (OO) reported 59,863 scheduled domestic flights. 85.1% arrived on time, 0.5% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 84.0% on time and 0.4% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 1.1 points above the combined figure.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 61%, late-arriving aircraft 22% and extreme weather 13%.

On time 85.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.2%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by SkyWest Airlines in October 2023.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	OO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Oct 2023
Arrived on time	85.1%	—	77.4%	84.0%
Departed on time	87.2%	—	79.5%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	1.8%	0.4%
Average arrival delay	2.7 min	—	9.6 min	1.2 min
Scheduled flights a day	1,995	—	2,340	19,966
Scheduled flights	59,863	—	854,130	598,968

240 airports and 1,168 routes had OO flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ORD Chicago	4,942	79.9%	5.9 min	0.2%
DEN Denver	3,868	79.6%	5.0 min	1.5%
LAX Los Angeles	3,036	86.3%	1.9 min	0.1%
SFO San Francisco	2,911	86.5%	2.1 min	0.2%
SLC Salt Lake City	2,706	93.1%	-6.2 min	0.0%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	2,476	80.7%	4.2 min	2.3%
SEA Seattle	2,272	90.0%	-2.3 min	0.0%
MSP Minneapolis	2,017	87.1%	1.0 min	0.1%
PHX Phoenix	1,764	89.1%	-1.2 min	0.1%
DTW Detroit	1,730	89.4%	0.1 min	0.0%
IAH Houston	1,191	81.6%	9.1 min	0.1%
SAN San Diego	912	82.7%	2.7 min	0.2%
PDX Portland	842	87.9%	-0.4 min	0.0%
BOI Boise	782	87.7%	-2.3 min	0.0%
ATL Atlanta	628	85.8%	11.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of OO flights that arrived on time, by scheduled departure hour (local time at each origin), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	61.1%	41.3%	402,102
Late-arriving aircraft	22.1%	40.5%	145,614
National Aviation System	3.9%	14.4%	25,366
Extreme weather	12.7%	3.7%	83,667
Security	0.2%	0.2%	993

657,742 delay minutes on 8,481 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

What share of SkyWest Airlines flights were on time in October 2023?

85.1% of 59,863 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 84.0% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the carrier did not report that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for SkyWest Airlines · methodology · corrections.