Flights Salt Lake City → Helena
SLC → HLN
How long is the flight from Salt Lake City to Helena?
The flight from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Helena (HLN) takes 58 min on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
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 443 flights monitored in recent months, 94% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 0 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.45%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.1/100 (medium), 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 5.5 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 58m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 48% of SLC-HLN flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Helena it is 2.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 443 tracked SLC-HLN flights, 94% left on time with an average delay of 0 min and a 0.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 85% | 1 min | 0.8% |
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Frequently asked questions about SLC-HLN
The flight from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Helena (HLN) takes 58 min on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Helena (HLN) route, on-time performance is 94% with an average delay of 0 minutes, based on 443 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Helena is 0.45% across 443 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.
