Flights Los Angeles → Salt Lake City
LAX → SLC
Route overview
The flight route from Los Angeles to Salt Lake City operates with an average on-time performance rate of 85%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 7.2 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately eleven hundred and thirty-nine flights using various aircraft models including Canadair Regional Jet 700, Boeing 757, Airbus A320, Boeing 737-900, and Boeing 737-300.
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 Los Angeles (LAX) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1606 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.37%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.1/100 (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 Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Los Angeles (LAX) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads north-east for about 949 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 36m.
Departures from Los Angeles on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 41% of LAX-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Los Angeles the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,606 tracked LAX-SLC flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 6 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% |
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about LAX-SLC
On the Los Angeles (LAX) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 1606 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Los Angeles-Salt Lake City is 0.37% across 1606 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 4 airlines: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines.
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.
