Flights Salt Lake City → Los Angeles
SLC → LAX
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles has an on-time performance rate of 85%, with the average delay being just 6.2 minutes per flight. Over a year, this route sees approximately 1138 flights operated by various aircraft models including Canadair Regional Jet 700, Boeing 757, Boeing 737-900, Airbus A320, Boeing 737-800, and Boeing 737-300. The destination airport in Los Angeles, which opened in 1926, handles a staggering 76,587,980 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) → Los Angeles (LAX) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 1603 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.31%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Los Angeles (LAX) heads south-west for about 949 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 36m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 40% of SLC-LAX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Los Angeles it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,603 tracked SLC-LAX flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 0.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL) | 84% | 20 min | 0.0% |
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about SLC-LAX
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Los Angeles (LAX) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 1603 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Los Angeles is 0.31% across 1603 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 6 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, United Airlines, 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.
