Flights Salt Lake City → Palm Springs
SLC → PSP
How long is the flight from Salt Lake City to Palm Springs?
The flight from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Palm Springs (PSP) takes 1h 15m 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 Palm Springs has a high on-time performance rate of 90%, with an average delay of just 3.4 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 267 flights, serving one of the destination airport's busiest routes given its annual passenger traffic of nearly three million passengers.
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) → Palm Springs (PSP) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 646 flights monitored in recent months, 90% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 3 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Palm Springs the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Palm Springs: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Palm Springs (PSP) heads south-west for about 871 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 15m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 33% of SLC-PSP flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Palm Springs it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 646 tracked SLC-PSP flights, 90% left on time with an average delay of 3 min and a 0.0% 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-PSP
The flight from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Palm Springs (PSP) takes 1h 15m 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) -> Palm Springs (PSP) route, on-time performance is 90% with an average delay of 3 minutes, based on 646 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Palm Springs is 0.00% across 646 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.
