Flights Cincinnati → Salt Lake City
CVG → SLC
Route overview
The flight route from Cincinnati to Salt Lake City operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 88%. Over the course of the year, it has recorded a mean delay of just 3.8 minutes per flight across a total of 208 flights, utilizing aircraft such as the Boeing 737-800, Boeing 757, and Airbus A320.
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 Cincinnati (CVG) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 258 flights monitored in recent months, 88% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 3 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.39%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.5/100 (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 Cincinnati the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Cincinnati (CVG) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads west for about 2,328 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 20m.
Departures from Cincinnati on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 47% of CVG-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Cincinnati the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 258 tracked CVG-SLC flights, 88% left on time with an average delay of 3 min and a 0.4% 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 CVG-SLC
On the Cincinnati (CVG) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 88% with an average delay of 3 minutes, based on 258 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Cincinnati-Salt Lake City is 0.39% across 258 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
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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.
