Flights Salt Lake City → Helena
SLC → HLN
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to Helena has a high on-time performance rate of 96%, with an average arrival three minutes ahead of schedule. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 178 flights serving the relatively low traffic destination airport which handles around 237,036 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) → Helena (HLN) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 246 flights monitored in recent months, 93% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 1 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.81%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 11.8/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Helena the average ATFM delay is 2.8 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Helena: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Helena (HLN) heads north for about 647 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 14m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 49% of SLC-HLN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Helena it is 2.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 246 tracked SLC-HLN flights, 93% left on time with an average delay of 1 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-HLN
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Helena (HLN) route, on-time performance is 93% with an average delay of 1 minutes, based on 246 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Helena is 0.81% across 246 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Delta Air Lines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Helena, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
