OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Salt Lake City to Helena

402 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on SLC–HLN arrive on time 97% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate97%arrived within 15 min
p90 delayon time1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.3%of scheduled flights

based on 725 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time97%
    Medianon time
    p90on time
    Cancel0.3%
    Flights725

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline77%
  • Weather18%
  • Air traffic (NAS)5%
  • Late aircraft0%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)100%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS). Shares are among 2 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 SLC → HLN

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 94% to 96% on time.

  • Overnights96% on time · p90 on time · 1,094 flights
  • Middays94% on time · p90 5 min · 1,082 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 94% to 96% on time.

  • Sundays96% on time · p90 on time · 313 flights
  • Fridays96% on time · p90 on time · 316 flights
  • Mondays95% on time · p90 on time · 311 flights
  • Tuesdays95% on time · p90 on time · 312 flights
  • Thursdays95% on time · p90 on time · 311 flights
  • Saturdays94% on time · p90 5 min · 317 flights
  • Wednesdays94% on time · p90 on time · 310 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.