Flights Helena → Salt Lake City
HLN → SLC
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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 Helena (HLN) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 246 flights monitored in recent months, 91% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 3 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.81%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.6/100 (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 Helena the average ATFM delay is 2.8 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Helena (HLN) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads south for about 647 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 14m.
Departures from Helena on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 51% of HLN-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Helena the average ATFM delay is 2.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 246 tracked HLN-SLC flights, 91% left on time with an average delay of 3 min and a 0.8% 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 HLN-SLC
On the Helena (HLN) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 91% with an average delay of 3 minutes, based on 246 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Helena-Salt Lake City is 0.81% across 246 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.
