Salt Lake City International in November 2024

88.5%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 8,809 domestic departures from Salt Lake City International (SLC). 88.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.3% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so SLC departures were 3.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 8,816 departures with 91.2% leaving on time: a change of −2.7 points, with flights down 0%.

Flights arriving at SLC that month were on time 88.7% of the time (8,813 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, national aviation system 23% and late-arriving aircraft 22%.

On time 86.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.3%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from SLC in November 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	SLC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	88.5%	91.2%	84.0%	85.2%
Arrived on time	86.3%	90.7%	83.8%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.1%	0.8%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.8 min	6.1 min	11.0 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	294	294	323	19,180
Scheduled departures	8,809	8,816	117,896	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	4,378	50%	85.7%	-1.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,507	28%	89.5%	-3.4 min	0.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	911	10%	84.6%	-2.3 min	0.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	283	3%	78.4%	6.5 min	1.8%
AA American Airlines	255	3%	80.4%	5.9 min	2.4%
UA United Airlines	228	3%	86.8%	2.4 min	0.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	89	1%	88.8%	-7.7 min	1.1%
MQ Envoy Air	48	1%	93.8%	-15.4 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	41	0%	80.5%	0.8 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	39	0%	82.1%	25.2 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	30	0%	76.7%	3.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SLC–DEN	Salt Lake City to Denver	600	79.3%	3.5 min	1.2%
SLC–PHX	Salt Lake City to Phoenix	499	89.2%	-4.7 min	0.0%
SLC–LAS	Salt Lake City to Las Vegas	326	81.9%	2.0 min	0.6%
SLC–SEA	Salt Lake City to Seattle	317	89.0%	-8.1 min	0.6%
SLC–DFW	Salt Lake City to Dallas/Fort Worth	309	71.2%	16.7 min	1.9%
SLC–SFO	Salt Lake City to San Francisco	276	70.3%	14.7 min	0.7%
SLC–LAX	Salt Lake City to Los Angeles	258	89.5%	-5.4 min	0.0%
SLC–ATL	Salt Lake City to Atlanta	238	91.2%	-7.9 min	0.0%
SLC–ORD	Salt Lake City to Chicago	223	84.8%	-1.1 min	0.4%
SLC–PDX	Salt Lake City to Portland	211	91.9%	-3.8 min	0.0%
SLC–SAN	Salt Lake City to San Diego	195	83.1%	3.1 min	0.0%
SLC–SMF	Salt Lake City to Sacramento	169	88.2%	-3.2 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	49.1%	36.9%	35,821
Late-arriving aircraft	22.0%	35.6%	16,061
National Aviation System	22.8%	21.9%	16,610
Extreme weather	6.1%	5.4%	4,453
Security	0.0%	0.2%	10

72,955 delay minutes on 1,168 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 2024?

88.5% of 8,809 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 91.2% of 8,816 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 88.5% and 0.2% in November 2024.

Provenance

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