OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Salt Lake City to San Diego

626 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on SLC–SAN arrive on time 83% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate83%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.7%of scheduled flights

based on 2,757 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-time85%
    Medianon time
    p9020 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights617
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time84%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel0.6%
    Flights1,732
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time74%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel0.2%
    Flights408

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline39%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)24%
  • Late aircraft33%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline42%
  • Weather37%
  • Air traffic (NAS)21%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 19 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 → SAN

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

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 87% on time.

  • Mornings87% on time · p90 20 min · 1,556 flights
  • Overnights84% on time · p90 20 min · 1,148 flights
  • Middays82% on time · p90 25 min · 2,540 flights
  • Afternoons79% on time · p90 35 min · 1,427 flights
  • Evenings75% on time · p90 45 min · 1,301 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 77% to 87% on time.

  • Tuesdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 1,100 flights
  • Mondays84% on time · p90 20 min · 1,172 flights
  • Wednesdays83% on time · p90 25 min · 1,102 flights
  • Saturdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 1,032 flights
  • Thursdays80% on time · p90 30 min · 1,151 flights
  • Sundays78% on time · p90 35 min · 1,234 flights
  • Fridays77% on time · p90 40 min · 1,181 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.