Salt Lake City International in November 2023

91.2%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 8,816 domestic departures from Salt Lake City International (SLC). 91.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.7% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so SLC departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SLC that month were on time 91.3% of the time (8,819 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 54%, late-arriving aircraft 23% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 90.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.2%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from SLC in November 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	SLC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	91.2%	—	84.0%	86.0%
Arrived on time	90.7%	—	83.8%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	0.8%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.1 min	—	11.0 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	294	—	323	18,793
Scheduled departures	8,816	—	117,896	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	4,242	48%	91.2%	-7.0 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,535	29%	92.7%	-6.9 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,003	11%	90.2%	-6.1 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	258	3%	91.1%	-8.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	235	3%	84.3%	-0.4 min	0.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines	176	2%	89.2%	-4.7 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	171	2%	76.0%	2.8 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	101	1%	74.3%	6.4 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	95	1%	78.9%	1.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SLC–DEN	Salt Lake City to Denver	630	88.4%	-4.3 min	0.3%
SLC–PHX	Salt Lake City to Phoenix	508	89.6%	-5.7 min	0.2%
SLC–LAS	Salt Lake City to Las Vegas	368	84.8%	1.4 min	0.0%
SLC–LAX	Salt Lake City to Los Angeles	345	88.4%	-4.2 min	0.0%
SLC–DFW	Salt Lake City to Dallas/Fort Worth	321	88.8%	-6.5 min	0.0%
SLC–SFO	Salt Lake City to San Francisco	313	84.0%	0.0 min	0.0%
SLC–SEA	Salt Lake City to Seattle	276	85.5%	-3.4 min	0.0%
SLC–ATL	Salt Lake City to Atlanta	232	94.8%	-14.1 min	0.0%
SLC–ORD	Salt Lake City to Chicago	194	88.7%	-5.2 min	0.5%
SLC–OAK	Salt Lake City to Oakland	175	93.7%	-10.3 min	0.0%
SLC–SAN	Salt Lake City to San Diego	173	88.4%	-3.9 min	0.0%
SLC–SMF	Salt Lake City to Sacramento	173	92.5%	-7.1 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	53.7%	42.5%	23,785
Late-arriving aircraft	22.6%	37.3%	9,990
National Aviation System	19.9%	16.2%	8,824
Extreme weather	3.8%	3.7%	1,669
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

44,268 delay minutes on 807 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 SLC on time in November 2023?

91.2% of 8,816 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for SLC · methodology · corrections.