SkyWest Airlines in August 2024

79.1%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 August 2024, SkyWest Airlines (OO) reported 65,390 scheduled domestic flights. 79.1% arrived on time, 0.4% were cancelled and 0.3% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 74.7% on time and 2.1% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 4.4 points above the combined figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, it reported 58,093 flights with 83.5% on time: a change of −4.4 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 52%, late-arriving aircraft 20% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 79.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.1%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by SkyWest Airlines in August 2024.

August 2024 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	OO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Aug 2024
Arrived on time	79.1%	83.5%	77.4%	74.7%
Departed on time	81.6%	85.6%	79.5%	75.4%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.7%	1.8%	2.1%
Average arrival delay	8.8 min	4.6 min	9.6 min	10.6 min
Scheduled flights a day	2,180	1,936	2,340	20,634
Scheduled flights	65,390	58,093	854,130	619,025

233 airports and 1,172 routes had OO flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DEN Denver	5,667	74.4%	14.7 min	0.3%
ORD Chicago	4,582	67.5%	18.8 min	0.6%
LAX Los Angeles	3,169	86.6%	1.6 min	0.0%
SLC Salt Lake City	2,712	86.5%	1.6 min	0.1%
SFO San Francisco	2,587	81.4%	3.3 min	0.3%
SEA Seattle	2,509	76.8%	8.3 min	0.2%
DTW Detroit	2,339	72.9%	16.3 min	0.6%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	2,171	88.8%	-4.6 min	0.0%
PHX Phoenix	1,976	84.1%	2.3 min	0.1%
MSP Minneapolis	1,955	77.3%	10.5 min	0.3%
IAH Houston	1,260	81.7%	9.7 min	0.5%
SAN San Diego	1,090	80.5%	4.3 min	0.4%
BOI Boise	1,065	81.7%	6.0 min	0.0%
PDX Portland	849	79.9%	7.6 min	0.0%
SJC San Jose	776	87.5%	0.6 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	52.4%	33.8%	530,695
Late-arriving aircraft	20.3%	39.8%	206,066
National Aviation System	16.7%	20.4%	169,079
Extreme weather	10.5%	5.9%	105,929
Security	0.1%	0.1%	1,426

1,013,195 delay minutes on 13,159 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 August 2024?

79.1% of 65,390 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 74.7% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023 the carrier reported 58,093 flights with 83.5% on time and 0.7% cancelled, against 79.1% and 0.4% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for SkyWest Airlines · methodology · corrections.