OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Salt Lake City to San Francisco

599 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on SLC–SFO arrive on time 72% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate72%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.9%of scheduled flights

based on 3,288 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • United Airlinesbest
    On-time83%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights417
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time70%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel1.2%
    Flights1,164
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time70%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel0.8%
    Flights1,707

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline28%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)52%
  • Late aircraft19%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline46%
  • Weather11%
  • Air traffic (NAS)43%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 28 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 → SFO

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 70% to 74% on time.

  • Mornings74% on time · p90 45 min · 2,993 flights
  • Middays73% on time · p90 45 min · 2,188 flights
  • Afternoons73% on time · p90 55 min · 2,354 flights
  • Overnights71% on time · p90 55 min · 2,185 flights
  • Evenings70% on time · p90 80 min · 827 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 69% to 78% on time.

  • Saturdays78% on time · p90 45 min · 1,367 flights
  • Tuesdays77% on time · p90 40 min · 1,421 flights
  • Fridays72% on time · p90 50 min · 1,572 flights
  • Wednesdays72% on time · p90 55 min · 1,453 flights
  • Sundays71% on time · p90 60 min · 1,580 flights
  • Thursdays71% on time · p90 55 min · 1,582 flights
  • Mondays69% on time · p90 60 min · 1,572 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.