Jackson Hole in December 2023

84.5%departed 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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 413 domestic departures from Jackson Hole (JAC). 84.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.2% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so JAC departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at JAC that month were on time 84.0% of the time (413 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, national aviation system 25% and air carrier 16%.

On time 86.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.1%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from JAC in December 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	JAC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	84.5%	—	74.4%	83.1%
Arrived on time	86.2%	—	74.9%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	1.8%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.9 min	—	26.3 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	—	18	19,013
Scheduled departures	413	—	6,635	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	138	33%	84.8%	-2.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	113	27%	90.3%	-6.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	89	22%	79.8%	-2.3 min	1.1%
AA American Airlines	55	13%	94.5%	-20.9 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	18	4%	77.8%	-9.6 min	5.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
JAC–DEN	Jackson to Denver	104	83.7%	-2.2 min	1.0%
JAC–SLC	Jackson to Salt Lake City	90	90.0%	-3.4 min	0.0%
JAC–DFW	Jackson to Dallas/Fort Worth	43	93.0%	-24.3 min	0.0%
JAC–LAX	Jackson to Los Angeles	39	92.3%	-14.5 min	0.0%
JAC–SFO	Jackson to San Francisco	36	72.2%	4.3 min	2.8%
JAC–ORD	Jackson to Chicago	30	96.7%	-10.3 min	0.0%
JAC–EWR	Jackson to Newark	18	66.7%	7.1 min	0.0%
JAC–ATL	Jackson to Atlanta	16	93.8%	-22.6 min	0.0%
JAC–SEA	Jackson to Seattle	16	75.0%	-2.4 min	0.0%
JAC–IAH	Jackson to Houston	11	90.9%	2.1 min	0.0%
JAC–MSP	Jackson to Minneapolis	7	85.7%	-14.7 min	0.0%
JAC–SAN	Jackson to San Diego	3	66.7%	5.7 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	15.6%	37.1%	669
Late-arriving aircraft	48.7%	38.8%	2,092
National Aviation System	25.2%	17.6%	1,083
Extreme weather	10.6%	6.2%	455
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

4,299 delay minutes on 54 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

How many flights left JAC on time in December 2023?

84.5% of 413 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

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