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Route Reliability

Salt Lake City → Washington

SLCIAD · 1,827 miles · Salt Lake City International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport

89
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
0 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
714
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.United Airlines88%349 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines84%365 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SLC–IAD flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 80% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

SLC–IAD flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 80%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 88% of the time on this route; Delta Air Lines managed 84%.

Ticking up lately.

SLC–IAD flights arrived on time 88% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon90%(99 flights)
  • Tue90%(100 flights)
  • Wed85%(99 flights)
  • Thu86%(101 flights)
  • Fri83%(102 flights)
  • Sat88%(103 flights)
  • Sun80%(101 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM96%(25 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM91%(214 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(54 flights)
  • 3–6 PM83%(336 flights)
  • 6–9 PM96%(22 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM83%(54 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 75% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%61
July 202573%62
August 202595%62
September 202590%60
October 202589%62
November 202593%59
December 202587%45
January 202681%58
February 202687%54
March 202684%61
April 202692%60
May 202689%61

Based on 714 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.