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Airport month · May 2024
Salt Lake City International in May 2024
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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 9,621 domestic departures from Salt Lake City International (SLC). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.5% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so SLC departures were 8.5 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at SLC that month were on time 82.2% of the time (9,625 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 22%.
- On time 81.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.8%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.2%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | SLC, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.9% | — | 84.0% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 81.5% | — | 83.8% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | — | 0.8% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.5 min | — | 11.0 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 321 | — | 323 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 9,621 | — | 117,896 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 4,602 | 48% | 82.2% | 2.6 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 2,710 | 28% | 86.7% | 0.9 min | 0.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,016 | 11% | 78.6% | 6.6 min | 0.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 333 | 3% | 70.9% | 13.8 min | 4.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 297 | 3% | 71.7% | 11.6 min | 3.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 277 | 3% | 59.6% | 31.4 min | 2.5% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 168 | 2% | 81.0% | 1.8 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 102 | 1% | 76.5% | 4.2 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 95 | 1% | 73.7% | 8.2 min | 0.0% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 16 | 0% | 81.3% | 23.1 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 5 | 0% | 60.0% | 2.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLC–DEN | Salt Lake City to Denver | 725 | 73.9% | 11.1 min | 0.4% |
| SLC–PHX | Salt Lake City to Phoenix | 529 | 84.1% | 3.4 min | 0.6% |
| SLC–LAX | Salt Lake City to Los Angeles | 431 | 84.2% | 0.8 min | 0.0% |
| SLC–SEA | Salt Lake City to Seattle | 364 | 81.0% | 2.8 min | 0.0% |
| SLC–DFW | Salt Lake City to Dallas/Fort Worth | 353 | 64.0% | 21.9 min | 4.5% |
| SLC–LAS | Salt Lake City to Las Vegas | 349 | 78.5% | 5.7 min | 0.0% |
| SLC–SFO | Salt Lake City to San Francisco | 289 | 52.6% | 23.8 min | 0.7% |
| SLC–ATL | Salt Lake City to Atlanta | 252 | 84.1% | -4.2 min | 0.4% |
| SLC–ORD | Salt Lake City to Chicago | 243 | 72.4% | 17.4 min | 2.1% |
| SLC–PDX | Salt Lake City to Portland | 215 | 87.9% | -1.7 min | 0.0% |
| SLC–SAN | Salt Lake City to San Diego | 212 | 86.3% | -1.0 min | 0.0% |
| SLC–OAK | Salt Lake City to Oakland | 171 | 90.1% | -4.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left SLC on time in May 2024?
81.9% of 9,621 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 2023 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 May 2024; 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.