Flights Salt Lake City → Idaho Falls
SLC → IDA
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to Idaho Falls has a high on-time performance rate of 90%, with an average delay of just 5.7 minutes. Over the course of a year, approximately 260 flights operate on this route, serving the relatively low-traffic destination airport which handles around 351,098 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) → Idaho Falls (IDA) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 347 flights monitored in recent months, 88% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.58%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Idaho Falls the average ATFM delay is 1.9 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Idaho Falls: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Idaho Falls (IDA) heads north for about 303 km, a flight time of roughly 48m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 35% of SLC-IDA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Idaho Falls it is 1.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 347 tracked SLC-IDA flights, 88% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 0.6% 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-IDA
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Idaho Falls (IDA) route, on-time performance is 88% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 347 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Idaho Falls is 0.58% across 347 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 Idaho Falls, 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.
