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AS 796 · Alaska Airlines

Salt Lake City → Seattle (SLC–SEA)89% of its flights flew this route. The rest (SEA–SLC) are included in these numbers.

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
87%
Arrive within 15 minutes
0 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
7 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 287 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Friday is doing you no favors.

AS 796 arrived on time 96% of the time on Mondays and just 78% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Better than the SLC–SEA route average.

AS 796 arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 80% across the SLC–SEA route.

A bit ahead of the Alaska Airlines network.

AS 796 arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 80% across the Alaska Airlines network.

Trending in the right direction.

AS 796 arrived on time 94% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon96%(49 flights)
  • Tue93%(27 flights)
  • Wed85%(27 flights)
  • Thu84%(50 flights)
  • Fri78%(50 flights)
  • Sat83%(36 flights)
  • Sun91%(45 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(228 flights)
  • 12–3 PM88%(56 flights)
On-time trend by month
100%
May

Jun 67% → May 100% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%15
July 202576%21
August 202583%23
September 202595%21
October 202588%17
November 202591%11
December 202577%31
January 202689%27
February 202685%27
March 202690%30
April 202693%30
May 2026100%31
Departures on time
90%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
284
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 287 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.