Flights Elko → Salt Lake City
EKO → SLC
Route overview
The flight route from Elko to Salt Lake City operates with high punctuality, boasting a 96% on-time performance rate and an average arrival five minutes ahead of schedule. Over the course of a year, this route sees 140 flights using Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 25.8 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 Elko (EKO) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 171 flights monitored in recent months, 95% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of -3 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.75%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 8.4/100 (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 Elko the average ATFM delay is 0.0 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Elko (EKO) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads east for about 321 km, a flight time of roughly 49m.
Departures from Elko on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of EKO-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Elko the average ATFM delay is 0.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 171 tracked EKO-SLC flights, 95% left on time with an average delay of -3 min and a 1.8% 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 EKO-SLC
On the Elko (EKO) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 95% with an average delay of -3 minutes, based on 171 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Elko-Salt Lake City is 1.75% across 171 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.
