SkyWest Airlines in March 2026

74.8%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 March 2026, SkyWest Airlines (OO) reported 73,391 scheduled domestic flights. 74.8% arrived on time, 3.6% were cancelled and 0.3% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 73.2% on time and 2.9% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 1.6 points above the combined figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, it reported 70,517 flights with 78.6% on time: a change of −3.8 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 22% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 74.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.3%
Cancelled 3.6%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by SkyWest Airlines in March 2026.

March 2026 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	OO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Mar 2026
Arrived on time	74.8%	78.6%	77.4%	73.2%
Departed on time	76.1%	80.6%	79.5%	72.8%
Cancelled	3.6%	1.5%	1.8%	2.9%
Average arrival delay	12.8 min	7.0 min	9.6 min	10.6 min
Scheduled flights a day	2,446	2,351	2,340	20,403
Scheduled flights	73,391	70,517	854,130	612,102

238 airports and 1,276 routes had OO flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DEN Denver	6,312	78.2%	6.4 min	2.8%
ORD Chicago	6,197	53.7%	33.7 min	9.0%
LAX Los Angeles	3,616	82.6%	3.0 min	0.7%
SLC Salt Lake City	3,193	90.9%	-4.1 min	0.3%
PHX Phoenix	3,058	78.2%	10.4 min	0.6%
SFO San Francisco	2,800	85.0%	0.7 min	0.5%
MSP Minneapolis	2,648	69.0%	17.9 min	5.6%
DTW Detroit	2,591	58.2%	37.4 min	5.4%
SEA Seattle	2,283	82.9%	3.1 min	2.3%
DFW Dallas/Fort Worth	1,828	71.4%	12.9 min	4.6%
IAH Houston	1,380	71.6%	20.3 min	3.6%
SAN San Diego	1,211	81.2%	-0.4 min	1.0%
ASE Aspen	1,188	67.1%	10.2 min	10.0%
BOI Boise	1,014	87.1%	-1.7 min	0.9%
PDX Portland	829	86.2%	0.9 min	1.0%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	49.8%	33.5%	782,461
Late-arriving aircraft	22.1%	39.3%	346,910
National Aviation System	15.5%	21.0%	244,410
Extreme weather	12.6%	5.9%	197,613
Security	0.0%	0.2%	661

1,572,055 delay minutes on 15,661 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 March 2026?

74.8% of 73,391 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 73.2% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025 the carrier reported 70,517 flights with 78.6% on time and 1.5% cancelled, against 74.8% and 3.6% in March 2026.

Provenance

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