Flights Salt Lake City → Austin
SLC → AUS
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to Austin operates with an average on-time performance rate of 81%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 6.1 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 460 total flights using Airbus A319 aircraft, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at 21,089,289 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 Salt Lake City (SLC) → Austin (AUS) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 599 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.83%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Austin: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Austin (AUS) heads south-east for about 1,747 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 36m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 51% of SLC-AUS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Austin it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 599 tracked SLC-AUS flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 0.8% 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 SLC-AUS
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Austin (AUS) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 599 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Austin is 0.83% across 599 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.
