Flights Atlanta → Salt Lake City
ATL → SLC
Route overview
The flight route from Atlanta to Salt Lake City operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 83%. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 738 flights using aircraft such as Boeing 757s, Boeing 767-300s, and Airbus A320s. The average delay for these flights is 9.6 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic with over 25 million passengers.
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 Atlanta (ATL) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Air France, Alaska Airlines, ITA Airways, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. Across 995 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.40%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 29.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Atlanta the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Atlanta (ATL) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads north-west for about 2,554 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 37m.
Departures from Atlanta on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 37% of ATL-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Atlanta the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 995 tracked ATL-SLC flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 0.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL) | 84% | 20 min | 0.0% |
| Air France (AF) | 82% | 18 min | 3.3% |
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
| ITA Airways (AZ) | 59% | 35 min | 4.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about ATL-SLC
On the Atlanta (ATL) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 995 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Atlanta-Salt Lake City is 0.40% across 995 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 5 airlines: Air France, Alaska Airlines, ITA Airways, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines.
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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.
