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Route Reliability

Long Beach → Salt Lake City

LGBSLC · 588 miles · Long Beach Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport

96
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
90%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min early
Average arrival delay
0.3%
Cancelled
1,540
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines91%1,089 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines88%451 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

LGB–SLC flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 68% between 6–9 PM.

Wednesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 92% on time on Wednesdays against 87% on Sundays.

Not much between Delta Air Lines and Southwest Airlines.

On this route they all land within 88% to 91% on time. Pick on schedule and price.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 1,540 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon91%(229 flights)
  • Tue92%(211 flights)
  • Wed92%(204 flights)
  • Thu88%(223 flights)
  • Fri91%(226 flights)
  • Sat91%(210 flights)
  • Sun87%(230 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM95%(441 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM94%(92 flights)
  • 12–3 PM86%(518 flights)
  • 3–6 PM92%(435 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(47 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 93% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202593%120
July 202587%122
August 202591%127
September 202594%124
October 202587%127
November 202589%122
December 202589%128
January 202695%130
February 202689%128
March 202691%138
April 202690%131
May 202688%136

Based on 1,540 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.