Flights Anchorage → Salt Lake City
ANC → SLC
How long is the flight from Anchorage to Salt Lake City?
The flight from Anchorage (ANC) to Salt Lake City (SLC) takes about 4h 41m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
Route overview
The flight route operates from Anchorage to Salt Lake City using a Boeing 737-800 aircraft. The destination airport in Salt Lake City sees over 25 million passengers annually, indicating high traffic and demand for air travel on this route.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Anchorage (ANC) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 80 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 10.7/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Anchorage the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Anchorage (ANC) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads south-east for about 3,413 km, a flight time of roughly 4h 41m.
Departures from Anchorage on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 100% of ANC-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Anchorage the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 80 tracked ANC-SLC flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 85% | 1 min | 0.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about ANC-SLC
The flight from Anchorage (ANC) to Salt Lake City (SLC) takes about 4h 41m. This is an estimate based on the distance between the two airports: the real time depends on the aircraft, wind and any stops.
On the Anchorage (ANC) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 80 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Anchorage-Salt Lake City is 0.00% across 80 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Salt Lake City, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
