Flights Austin → Salt Lake City
AUS → SLC
Route overview
The flight route from Austin to Salt Lake City operates with an average on-time performance of 85%, experiencing a mean delay of 8.1 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 460 flights using Airbus A319 aircraft, serving one of the busiest destination airports in the United States, which handles approximately 25,752,783 passengers annually.
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 Austin (AUS) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 596 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.01%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.7/100 (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 Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Austin (AUS) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads north-west for about 1,747 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 36m.
Departures from Austin on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 44% of AUS-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 596 tracked AUS-SLC flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 1.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about AUS-SLC
On the Austin (AUS) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 596 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Austin-Salt Lake City is 1.01% across 596 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.
