St George Regional in December 2024

89.8%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 313 domestic departures from St George Regional (SGU). 89.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.5% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so SGU departures were 12.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 206 departures with 91.3% leaving on time: a change of −1.5 points, with flights up 52%.

Flights arriving at SGU that month were on time 87.9% of the time (313 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 73%, late-arriving aircraft 23% and national aviation system 3%.

On time 88.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.9%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	SGU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	89.8%	91.3%	87.6%	77.8%
Arrived on time	88.5%	90.8%	85.4%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	0.2%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.2 min	9.5 min	12.5 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	7	13	19,686
Scheduled departures	313	206	4,709	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	313	100%	88.5%	-1.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SGU–SLC	St. George to Salt Lake City	93	96.8%	-13.5 min	0.0%
SGU–DEN	St. George to Denver	84	95.2%	-9.6 min	0.0%
SGU–PHX	St. George to Phoenix	75	78.7%	13.1 min	0.0%
SGU–LAX	St. George to Los Angeles	31	83.9%	-2.2 min	0.0%
SGU–DFW	St. George to Dallas/Fort Worth	30	73.3%	19.7 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	72.5%	34.3%	2,780
Late-arriving aircraft	22.9%	40.2%	877
National Aviation System	2.6%	17.8%	100
Extreme weather	2.1%	7.5%	80
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,837 delay minutes on 34 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 December 2024?

89.8% of 313 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 91.3% of 206 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 89.8% and 0.0% in December 2024.

Provenance

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