OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Salt Lake City to Raleigh-durham

1,823 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on SLC–RDU arrive on time 86% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate86%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay20 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.7%of scheduled flights

based on 407 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time86%
    Medianon time
    p9020 min
    Cancel1.7%
    Flights407

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline50%
  • Weather3%
  • Air traffic (NAS)13%
  • Late aircraft34%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline43%
  • Weather57%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 7 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 → RDU

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 74% to 87% on time.

  • Evenings87% on time · p90 15 min · 160 flights · limited
  • Middays87% on time · p90 20 min · 914 flights
  • Overnights74% on time · p90 50 min · 121 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 82% to 92% on time.

  • Tuesdays92% on time · p90 10 min · 169 flights · limited
  • Thursdays87% on time · p90 15 min · 172 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 174 flights · limited
  • Mondays85% on time · p90 20 min · 176 flights · limited
  • Fridays84% on time · p90 20 min · 175 flights · limited
  • Sundays83% on time · p90 30 min · 181 flights · limited
  • Saturdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 177 flights · limited

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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.