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Route Reliability

Salt Lake City → Long Beach

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

95
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
88%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min early
Average arrival delay
0.2%
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 Lines92%1,089 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines78%451 flights

What the data says

3–6 PM has a slight edge.

Departures between 3–6 PM arrived on time 92% of the time, against 85% between 12–3 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

SLC–LGB flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 84%.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 92% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 78%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 1,540 scheduled flights, only 0.2% 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
  • Mon87%(228 flights)
  • Tue90%(212 flights)
  • Wed87%(206 flights)
  • Thu91%(223 flights)
  • Fri85%(225 flights)
  • Sat91%(210 flights)
  • Sun84%(232 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM(5 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(509 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(94 flights)
  • 3–6 PM92%(460 flights)
  • 6–9 PM87%(468 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 93% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202593%120
July 202585%122
August 202594%126
September 202598%124
October 202589%127
November 202587%122
December 202586%129
January 202695%130
February 202681%129
March 202687%138
April 202678%133
May 202685%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.