Flights Palm Springs → Salt Lake City
PSP → SLC
How long is the flight from Palm Springs to Salt Lake City?
The flight from Palm Springs (PSP) to Salt Lake City (SLC) takes 1h 18m on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Palm Springs to Salt Lake City operates with a high level of punctuality, with 88% of flights arriving on time. On average, when delays do occur, they last approximately 12.4 minutes, and the route sees around 267 total flights annually, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, Salt Lake City International Airport, which handles over 25 million passengers per year.
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 Palm Springs (PSP) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 676 flights monitored in recent months, 90% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Palm Springs the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Palm Springs (PSP) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads north-east for about 871 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 18m.
Departures from Palm Springs on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 51% of PSP-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Palm Springs the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 676 tracked PSP-SLC flights, 90% left on time with an average delay of 7 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) | 85% | 1 min | 0.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about PSP-SLC
The flight from Palm Springs (PSP) to Salt Lake City (SLC) takes 1h 18m on average. That is the median time recorded across 3 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Palm Springs (PSP) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 90% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 676 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Palm Springs-Salt Lake City is 0.00% across 676 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.
