Salt Lake City International in February 2026

83.3%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 9,167 domestic departures from Salt Lake City International (SLC). 83.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.5% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so SLC departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 8,786 departures with 82.4% leaving on time: a change of +0.9 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at SLC that month were on time 84.2% of the time (9,172 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 84.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.3%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from SLC in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	SLC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	83.3%	82.4%	84.0%	78.1%
Arrived on time	84.5%	82.2%	83.8%	78.3%
Cancelled	1.0%	0.4%	0.8%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.0 min	12.2 min	11.0 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	306	293	323	17,168
Scheduled departures	9,167	8,786	117,896	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	4,110	45%	83.9%	-0.8 min	1.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	2,572	28%	86.9%	-2.3 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,007	11%	83.1%	-0.8 min	0.7%
UA United Airlines	508	6%	83.7%	0.6 min	1.0%
AA American Airlines	396	4%	81.6%	5.5 min	0.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	315	3%	91.7%	-5.4 min	0.3%
AS Alaska Airlines	173	2%	77.5%	2.1 min	1.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways	75	1%	61.3%	22.3 min	12.0%
MQ Envoy Air	11	0%	72.7%	5.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SLC–DEN	Salt Lake City to Denver	615	82.0%	2.9 min	0.8%
SLC–PHX	Salt Lake City to Phoenix	488	84.8%	-1.6 min	0.2%
SLC–LAX	Salt Lake City to Los Angeles	374	86.9%	-1.9 min	0.3%
SLC–LAS	Salt Lake City to Las Vegas	295	80.7%	2.1 min	0.7%
SLC–SEA	Salt Lake City to Seattle	293	87.0%	-4.3 min	0.3%
SLC–DFW	Salt Lake City to Dallas/Fort Worth	291	85.6%	0.9 min	0.3%
SLC–ORD	Salt Lake City to Chicago	284	83.1%	-0.4 min	0.4%
SLC–SFO	Salt Lake City to San Francisco	284	74.6%	4.8 min	0.4%
SLC–SAN	Salt Lake City to San Diego	259	82.2%	1.1 min	1.5%
SLC–ATL	Salt Lake City to Atlanta	229	91.7%	-6.7 min	0.0%
SLC–IAH	Salt Lake City to Houston	176	90.9%	-6.8 min	0.0%
SLC–JFK	Salt Lake City to New York	174	77.0%	0.9 min	8.0%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	42.4%	38.2%	40,536
Late-arriving aircraft	26.5%	37.2%	25,270
National Aviation System	17.5%	18.5%	16,703
Extreme weather	13.5%	6.0%	12,912
Security	0.1%	0.2%	75

95,496 delay minutes on 1,309 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 February 2026?

83.3% of 9,167 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 82.4% of 8,786 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 83.3% and 1.0% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.