Flights Fresno → Salt Lake City
FAT → SLC
Route overview
The flight route from Fresno to Salt Lake City operates with a high level of punctuality, boasting an on-time performance rate of 93%. Over the course of one year, this route sees 332 flights using Canadair Regional Jet 900 aircraft, and it serves a destination airport that 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 Fresno (FAT) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 419 flights monitored in recent months, 92% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 1 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.9/100 (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 Fresno the average ATFM delay is 2.6 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Fresno (FAT) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads north-east for about 805 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 26m.
Departures from Fresno on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 73% of FAT-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Fresno the average ATFM delay is 2.6 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 419 tracked FAT-SLC flights, 92% left on time with an average delay of 1 min and a 0.0% 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 FAT-SLC
On the Fresno (FAT) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 92% with an average delay of 1 minutes, based on 419 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Fresno-Salt Lake City is 0.00% across 419 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.
