St George Regional in August 2024

85.5%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 235 domestic departures from St George Regional (SGU). 85.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.6% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so SGU departures were 10.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 193 departures with 82.9% leaving on time: a change of +2.6 points, with flights up 22%.

Flights arriving at SGU that month were on time 75.7% of the time (235 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 67%, late-arriving aircraft 22% and extreme weather 8%.

On time 82.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.4%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from SGU in August 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	SGU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	85.5%	82.9%	87.6%	75.4%
Arrived on time	82.6%	80.3%	85.4%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	29.8 min	13.7 min	12.5 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	6	13	20,634
Scheduled departures	235	193	4,709	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	235	100%	82.6%	16.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SGU–SLC	St. George to Salt Lake City	119	81.5%	2.8 min	0.0%
SGU–DEN	St. George to Denver	54	77.8%	27.9 min	0.0%
SGU–DFW	St. George to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	80.6%	80.8 min	0.0%
SGU–PHX	St. George to Phoenix	31	96.8%	-15.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	67.1%	33.8%	4,608
Late-arriving aircraft	21.8%	39.8%	1,499
National Aviation System	2.8%	20.4%	193
Extreme weather	8.2%	5.9%	565
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

6,865 delay minutes on 41 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 SGU on time in August 2024?

85.5% of 235 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 82.9% of 193 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 85.5% and 0.0% in August 2024.

Provenance

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