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Route Reliability

Salt Lake City → Cincinnati

SLCCVG · 1,450 miles · Salt Lake City International Airport to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport

93
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
87%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min early
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
819
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 87% of the time across 819 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SLC–CVG flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 84% between 3–6 PM.

Skip Saturday if you can.

SLC–CVG flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Wednesdays. On Saturdays: 82%.

Slipping a little lately.

SLC–CVG flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 93% in the three months before that.

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
  • Mon90%(125 flights)
  • Tue89%(116 flights)
  • Wed92%(111 flights)
  • Thu83%(121 flights)
  • Fri90%(124 flights)
  • Sat82%(92 flights)
  • Sun85%(126 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM91%(358 flights)
  • 12–3 PM84%(145 flights)
  • 3–6 PM84%(312 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 81% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202581%82
July 202579%84
August 202587%68
September 202593%55
October 202589%61
November 202590%58
December 202588%66
January 202696%47
February 202695%42
March 202686%79
April 202687%86
May 202687%87

Based on 819 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.