Flights Memphis → Salt Lake City
MEM → SLC
Route overview
The flight route from Memphis to Salt Lake City operates with high punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 92%. Over the course of the year, it has recorded a mean delay of just 6.6 minutes across 89 flights, using Airbus A320 aircraft. The destination airport sees over 25 million passengers annually, making it one of the busiest in the region.
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 Memphis (MEM) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 120 flights monitored in recent months, 90% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 9.9/100 (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 Memphis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Memphis (MEM) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads north-west for about 2,027 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 57m.
Departures from Memphis on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of MEM-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Memphis the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 120 tracked MEM-SLC flights, 90% left on time with an average delay of 8 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 MEM-SLC
On the Memphis (MEM) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 90% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 120 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Memphis-Salt Lake City is 0.00% across 120 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.
