OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Missoula to Salt Lake City

436 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MSO–SLC arrive on time 89% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate89%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay10 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.0%of scheduled flights

based on 1,012 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time91%
    Medianon time
    p905 min
    Cancel1.4%
    Flights570
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time88%
    Medianon time
    p9015 min
    Cancel0.5%
    Flights442

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline68%
  • Weather14%
  • Air traffic (NAS)5%
  • Late aircraft13%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline20%
  • Weather20%
  • Air traffic (NAS)60%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS). Shares are among 10 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly MSO → SLC

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 86% to 91% on time.

  • Middays91% on time · p90 5 min · 1,082 flights
  • Evenings89% on time · p90 15 min · 997 flights
  • Mornings86% on time · p90 20 min · 1,091 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 86% to 92% on time.

  • Mondays92% on time · p90 5 min · 465 flights
  • Tuesdays90% on time · p90 10 min · 460 flights
  • Sundays89% on time · p90 15 min · 455 flights
  • Fridays89% on time · p90 15 min · 463 flights
  • Thursdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 460 flights
  • Wednesdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 457 flights
  • Saturdays86% on time · p90 15 min · 418 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.