Flights Philadelphia → Salt Lake City
PHL → SLC
Route overview
The flight route from Philadelphia to Salt Lake City operates with an average on-time performance of 85%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 7.4 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 244 flights using Airbus A320 aircraft, serving one of the busiest destination airports in the United States, which handles nearly 25.75 million 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 Philadelphia (PHL) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines. Across 290 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.07%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.7/100 (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 Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Philadelphia (PHL) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads west for about 3,093 km, a flight time of roughly 4h 17m.
Departures from Philadelphia on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 56% of PHL-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 290 tracked PHL-SLC flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 2.1% 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% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about PHL-SLC
On the Philadelphia (PHL) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 290 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Philadelphia-Salt Lake City is 2.07% across 290 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, 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.
