Flights Salt Lake City → Fresno
SLC → FAT
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to Fresno operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 94%. Over the course of a year, this route sees 332 flights using Canadair Regional Jet 900 aircraft, with each flight averaging only a 1.2-minute delay. The destination airport serves approximately 2,672,881 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 Salt Lake City (SLC) → Fresno (FAT) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 419 flights monitored in recent months, 92% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 3 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 13.8/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Fresno the average ATFM delay is 2.6 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Fresno: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Fresno (FAT) heads south-west for about 805 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 26m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 44% of SLC-FAT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Fresno it is 2.6 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 419 tracked SLC-FAT flights, 92% left on time with an average delay of 3 min and a 0.0% 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-FAT
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Fresno (FAT) route, on-time performance is 92% with an average delay of 3 minutes, based on 419 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Fresno is 0.00% across 419 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.
