Flights Reno → Salt Lake City
RNO → SLC
Route overview
The flight route from Reno to Salt Lake City has an on-time performance rate of 87%, with an average delay of 7.4 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees 267 flights, connecting a popular destination that serves approximately 25,752,783 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 Reno (RNO) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 365 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.27%. 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 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Reno the average ATFM delay is 3.3 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Reno (RNO) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads east for about 677 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 16m.
Departures from Reno on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 65% of RNO-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Reno the average ATFM delay is 3.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 365 tracked RNO-SLC flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 0.3% 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 RNO-SLC
On the Reno (RNO) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 365 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Reno-Salt Lake City is 0.27% across 365 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.
