Flights Billings → Salt Lake City
BIL → SLC
Route overview
The flight route from Billings to Salt Lake City, with an airport that opened in 1940 as the origin point, features a high on-time performance rate of 91%, with an average delay of just 5.4 minutes across 260 total flights. The aircraft used for this route include Canadair Regional Jet 700 and 900 models, serving a destination airport that sees over 25 million 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.
US flight refund rules & checker →General information, not legal advice.
The Billings (BIL) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 347 flights monitored in recent months, 90% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.29%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 12.9/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Billings the average ATFM delay is 1.7 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Billings (BIL) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads south-west for about 624 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 12m.
Departures from Billings on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 68% of BIL-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Billings the average ATFM delay is 1.7 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 347 tracked BIL-SLC flights, 90% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 0.3% cancellation rate.
Route facts
Flights on this route
Check the risk of a specific flight.
Flexible on this trip? Compare flights
Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
Airlines operating BIL-SLC
Airports
Frequently asked questions about BIL-SLC
On the Billings (BIL) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 90% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 347 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Billings-Salt Lake City is 0.29% across 347 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.
