Flights Phoenix → Salt Lake City
PHX → SLC
Route overview
The flight route from Phoenix to Salt Lake City operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 82%. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 1591 flights, with each flight averaging an 8-minute delay. The aircraft used include various models such as Airbus A319, A320, A321, Boeing 737-300, 737-800, and 757, serving a destination airport that 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 Phoenix (PHX) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 2094 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.43%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.2/100 (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 Phoenix the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Phoenix (PHX) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads north for about 818 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 27m.
Departures from Phoenix on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 40% of PHX-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Phoenix the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 2,094 tracked PHX-SLC flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 8 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% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about PHX-SLC
On the Phoenix (PHX) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 2094 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Phoenix-Salt Lake City is 0.43% across 2094 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines.
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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.
