On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

Burbank to Salt Lake City: on-time record

Bob Hope to Salt Lake City International

90.2%arrived 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. Data through July 2026; this is a monthly history, not live flight status.

90.2% of scheduled BUR to SLC flights arrived on time in the 12 months to July 2026. The figure covers 1,473 flights between Burbank and Salt Lake City by carriers that report to BTS, a distance of 574 miles.

That is 14.2 points above the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 9.3 points above the 80.9% recorded for all departures from BUR. Flights that did arrive were 4.9 minutes early on average, and 0.5% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

3 reporting carriers flew the route at least 60 times. SkyWest Airlines had the highest on-time share at 91.3% of 966 flights; Southwest Airlines had the lowest at 77.7% of 112.

By scheduled departure hour (local time at BUR), flights leaving from 5 pm to 6 pm had the highest on-time share, 94.3%; those leaving from 1 pm to 2 pm had the lowest, 79.7%.

The on-time share is up 1.8 points on the previous 12 months (88.4%); cancellations moved from 0.3% to 0.5%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, air carrier 47%, extreme weather 24% and late-arriving aircraft 22%.

90.2%arrived on timenational 76.0%
-4.9 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
0.5%cancellednational 1.8%
123flights a month1,473 in 12 months · 574 miles
Every scheduled BUR to SLC flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines96666%91.3%-7.8 min0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines39527%91.1%-1.5 min0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines1128%77.7%7.8 min0.0%

Carriers with at least 24 flights in the 12 months to July 2026. The on-time pill is green when a carrier is at or above the route's overall share. Regional carriers operate flights sold under larger airlines' brands; BTS lists the carrier that operated the flight.

Compared with the airports and the nation

MeasureBUR to SLCAll departures from BURAll arrivals at SLCAll reported flights
Arrived on time90.2%80.9%84.2%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late9.1%17.6%14.9%21.9%
Cancelled0.5%1.3%0.8%1.8%
Diverted0.2%0.3%0.1%0.3%
Average arrival delay-4.9 min2.0 min1.0 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights8971,2411,1311,684
Scheduled flights1,47329,940117,7677,043,858

12 months to July 2026. Delay minutes count late arrivals only (an early arrival is zero), so the per-100-flights row is a normalised total rather than an average of early and late.

The return direction, SLC to BUR, recorded 86.5% on time across 1,473 flights in the same period.

Month by month

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Share of scheduled BUR to SLC flights that arrived on time, Aug 2023 to Jul 2026. Green columns are at or above the national figure for that month (the dark tick), amber below it, red more than eight points below.

Year on year: on time 90.2% against 88.4% (+1.8 pts), cancelled 0.5% against 0.3%, flights 1,473 against 1,393.

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of flights that arrived on time, by the hour they were scheduled to leave BUR (local time), 12 months to July 2026. Faded cells have few flights. Hover or tap a cell for counts.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNationalMinutes
Air carrier46.5%33.3%5,796
Late-arriving aircraft21.5%39.7%2,681
National Aviation System8.2%20.7%1,028
Extreme weather23.8%6.1%2,966
Security0.0%0.1%0
12,471 delay minutes on 134 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Seasonality

Calendar monthFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg arrival delayYears in sample
Jan32886.6%0.9%-1.0 min3
Feb31191.3%0.0%-6.5 min3
Mar35491.2%0.6%-3.5 min3
Apr33691.7%0.0%-3.3 min3
May36388.2%0.0%-3.3 min3
Jun36590.4%0.3%-3.1 min3
Jul36887.8%0.3%-3.9 min3
Aug38088.7%0.3%1.4 min3
Sep35989.1%0.0%-1.2 min3
Oct37188.4%0.0%-0.9 min3
Nov35891.3%1.4%-4.0 min3
Dec38289.0%0.3%-2.3 min3

Each calendar month summed across the 36 months on file, so most rows combine three years. The pill compares the month with the route's own 12-month share.

Other routes from Burbank (BUR)

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BUR–LASBurbank to Las Vegas4,16779.6%4.0 min1.6%
BUR–PHXBurbank to Phoenix3,11982.2%4.4 min1.0%
BUR–SFOBurbank to San Francisco3,06661.3%18.4 min1.2%
BUR–OAKBurbank to Oakland2,73584.7%-2.2 min1.0%
BUR–SMFBurbank to Sacramento2,60984.9%-3.2 min1.6%
BUR–DENBurbank to Denver2,16684.0%0.0 min0.5%
BUR–SJCBurbank to San Jose2,16185.7%-3.6 min1.1%
BUR–SEABurbank to Seattle1,61781.5%-1.0 min2.4%

All 34 routes and the airport record for BUR · airport record for SLC

Questions and answers

How often are flights from Burbank to Salt Lake City on time?

90.2% of the 1,473 flights scheduled from BUR to SLC in the 12 months to July 2026 arrived less than 15 minutes after their scheduled time. The national share for the same period was 76.0%. Cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time.

Which airline has the highest on-time share from BUR to SLC?

Among reporting carriers with at least 60 flights on the route, SkyWest Airlines had the highest on-time share (91.3%), followed by Delta Air Lines (91.1%) and Southwest Airlines (77.7%). Differences of a point or two on a few hundred flights are small.

What causes delays between Burbank and Salt Lake City?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: air carrier 47%, extreme weather 24%, late-arriving aircraft 22%, national aviation system 8%, security 0%. The categories are the carriers' own reports to BTS; weather that slows the wider system is usually recorded under the National Aviation System rather than extreme weather.

What time of day has the highest on-time share from BUR?

Flights scheduled to leave BUR from 5 pm to 6 pm arrived on time 94.3% of the time, the highest of any hour with enough flights to compare. The lowest was 1 pm to 2 pm at 79.7%. Delays tend to build through the day as late aircraft carry over to later flights.

Is it getting better?

The on-time share for the 12 months to July 2026 was 90.2%, up 1.8 points on the previous 12 months (88.4%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months. Across those months, April had the highest on-time share (91.7%) and January the lowest (86.6%).

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is computed from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance files, which list each scheduled domestic flight by the carriers required to report. This page covers August 2023 to July 2026. It shows totals and averages only; it is not a live flight-status service.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987 to present), monthly files August 2023 to July 2026, a US government work in the public domain. Figures are totals and averages over all scheduled flights by reporting carriers on the route; no individual flight or aircraft is identified. Times are local to the departure airport. The load factor and passenger counts from the BTS T-100 series are not included in this edition. See the methodology; report processing errors through corrections.