Flights Salt Lake City → Baltimore
SLC → BWI
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to Baltimore, operated by an Airbus A320, has a high on-time performance rate of 83%, with an average delay of just 6 minutes. The destination airport in Baltimore, which opened in 1947, serves over 22,804,744 passengers annually, making it one of the busiest airports in the region.
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) → Baltimore (BWI) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 269 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.86%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 13.5/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Baltimore 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 Baltimore: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Baltimore (BWI) heads east for about 2,994 km, a flight time of roughly 4h 10m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 49% of SLC-BWI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Baltimore it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 269 tracked SLC-BWI flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 1.9% 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% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about SLC-BWI
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Baltimore (BWI) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 269 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Baltimore is 1.86% across 269 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 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.
