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Route Reliability

Salt Lake City → Reno

SLCRNO · 422 miles · Salt Lake City International Airport to Reno–Tahoe International Airport

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
88%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min early
Average arrival delay
0.2%
Cancelled
1,174
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Delta Air Lines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 88% of the time across 1,174 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SLC–RNO flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 99% of the time, versus 84% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Thursday is the weak spot.

SLC–RNO flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Wednesdays. On Thursdays: 84%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 1,174 scheduled flights, only 0.2% were cancelled.

Ticking up lately.

SLC–RNO flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% 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
  • Mon89%(170 flights)
  • Tue89%(167 flights)
  • Wed92%(166 flights)
  • Thu84%(167 flights)
  • Fri86%(167 flights)
  • Sat89%(160 flights)
  • Sun87%(173 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM99%(87 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(363 flights)
  • 3–6 PM89%(357 flights)
  • 6–9 PM90%(40 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM84%(323 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 80% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%90
July 202590%116
August 202589%115
September 202597%107
October 202593%115
November 202593%88
December 202577%88
January 202686%92
February 202685%84
March 202687%93
April 202686%90
May 202688%92

Based on 1,174 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.