Flights Detroit → Salt Lake City
DTW → SLC
Route overview
The flight route from Detroit to Salt Lake City operates with an average on-time performance of 82%, experiencing a mean delay of 9 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 352 flights using aircraft such as the Airbus A320, Airbus A319, and Boeing 737-800, serving a destination airport that accommodates nearly 25.75 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.
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The Detroit (DTW) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 471 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.42%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.6/100 (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 Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Detroit (DTW) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads west for about 2,378 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 24m.
Departures from Detroit on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 49% of DTW-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Detroit the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 471 tracked DTW-SLC flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 12 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 DTW-SLC
On the Detroit (DTW) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 471 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Detroit-Salt Lake City is 0.42% across 471 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.
