Flights Salt Lake City → San Antonio
SLC → SAT
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to San Antonio is operated with an Airbus A320 and has a high on-time performance rate of 85%, with an average delay of just 8.5 minutes. The destination airport, which opened in 1942, serves over nine million 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) → San Antonio (SAT) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 339 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.59%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Antonio 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 San Antonio: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to San Antonio (SAT) heads south-east for about 1,749 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 36m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 41% of SLC-SAT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Antonio it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 339 tracked SLC-SAT flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 7 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-SAT
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> San Antonio (SAT) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 339 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-San Antonio is 0.59% across 339 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.
