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Route Reliability

San Francisco → Salt Lake City

SFOSLC · 599 miles · San Francisco International Airport to Salt Lake City International Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
3,505
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 Lines80%1,720 flights
  2. 2.United Airlines79%1,547 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines69%159 flights

Not enough history to rank: Alaska Airlines (79 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SFO–SLC flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 70% between 12–3 PM.

Skip Monday if you can.

SFO–SLC flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Saturdays. On Mondays: 74%.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; Frontier Airlines managed 69%.

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
  • Mon74%(525 flights)
  • Tue82%(460 flights)
  • Wed81%(475 flights)
  • Thu78%(517 flights)
  • Fri76%(529 flights)
  • Sat85%(429 flights)
  • Sun79%(541 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM97%(257 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(394 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(566 flights)
  • 12–3 PM70%(758 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(776 flights)
  • 6–9 PM81%(725 flights)
On-time trend by month
67%
May

Jun 77% → May 67% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%304
July 202577%314
August 202585%293
September 202588%250
October 202582%284
November 202582%259
December 202572%291
January 202683%277
February 202678%290
March 202689%321
April 202672%290
May 202667%303

Based on 3,505 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.