SkyWest Airlines in October 2024

85.3%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 2024, SkyWest Airlines (OO) reported 69,069 scheduled domestic flights. 85.3% arrived on time, 0.2% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 85.8% on time and 1.0% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 0.5 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, it reported 59,863 flights with 85.1% on time: a change of +0.2 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 62%, late-arriving aircraft 20% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 85.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.3%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	OO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Oct 2024
Arrived on time	85.3%	85.1%	77.4%	85.8%
Departed on time	86.2%	87.2%	79.5%	85.5%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.5%	1.8%	1.0%
Average arrival delay	1.8 min	2.7 min	9.6 min	-1.3 min
Scheduled flights a day	2,302	1,995	2,340	20,517
Scheduled flights	69,069	59,863	854,130	615,497

240 airports and 1,213 routes had OO flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DEN Denver	5,714	87.5%	-1.3 min	0.1%
ORD Chicago	4,794	84.0%	0.6 min	0.3%
LAX Los Angeles	3,294	85.5%	2.7 min	0.2%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	2,927	80.0%	7.1 min	0.1%
SFO San Francisco	2,856	79.6%	6.9 min	0.2%
DTW Detroit	2,795	85.0%	3.1 min	0.0%
SLC Salt Lake City	2,519	93.5%	-4.4 min	0.0%
MSP Minneapolis	2,297	90.7%	-2.2 min	0.0%
PHX Phoenix	2,199	81.4%	6.5 min	0.0%
SEA Seattle	2,102	87.0%	-0.8 min	0.0%
IAH Houston	1,272	83.9%	6.6 min	0.1%
SAN San Diego	1,113	62.7%	20.2 min	2.2%
BOI Boise	979	87.7%	-1.9 min	0.1%
PDX Portland	930	85.9%	1.9 min	0.0%
SJC San Jose	853	86.4%	0.5 min	0.4%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	62.4%	42.7%	456,970
Late-arriving aircraft	20.4%	37.4%	149,460
National Aviation System	8.9%	16.3%	64,985
Extreme weather	8.3%	3.4%	60,830
Security	0.1%	0.2%	659

732,904 delay minutes on 9,887 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 2024?

85.3% of 69,069 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 85.8% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023 the carrier reported 59,863 flights with 85.1% on time and 0.5% cancelled, against 85.3% and 0.2% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.