Flights Salt Lake City → Missoula
SLC → MSO
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to Missoula has an on-time performance rate of 84%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 8.7 minutes. Over the course of a year, approximately 260 flights operate on this route, serving the destination airport which sees nearly 907,508 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) → Missoula (MSO) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 348 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.30%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 24.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Missoula the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Missoula: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Missoula (MSO) heads north for about 702 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 18m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 35% of SLC-MSO flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Missoula it is 2.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 348 tracked SLC-MSO flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 2.3% 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-MSO
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Missoula (MSO) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 348 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Missoula is 2.30% across 348 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 Missoula, 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.
