Flights Salt Lake City → Raleigh-durham
SLC → RDU
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to Raleigh-Durham operates with an Airbus A320 aircraft and has a high on-time performance rate of 87%, with an average delay of only 0.9 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this destination airport serves nearly 14.5 million passengers, indicating significant traffic and demand for air travel.
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) → Raleigh-durham (RDU) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 120 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 5 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.67%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.6/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Raleigh-durham 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 Raleigh-durham: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Raleigh-durham (RDU) heads east for about 2,928 km, a flight time of roughly 4h 5m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 74% of SLC-RDU flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Raleigh-durham it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 120 tracked SLC-RDU flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 5 min and a 1.7% 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-RDU
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Raleigh-durham (RDU) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 5 minutes, based on 120 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Raleigh-durham is 1.67% across 120 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 Raleigh-durham, 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.
