Flights Salt Lake City → San Francisco
SLC → SFO
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to San Francisco operates with a high frequency of 909 flights and features aircraft such as the Airbus A320, Boeing 737-800, and Airbus A319. With an on-time performance rate of 77%, these flights average a delay of 14.2 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic at nearly 50 million passengers per year.
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 Francisco (SFO) route is operated by Delta Air Lines, United Airlines. Across 1199 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.75%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At San Francisco 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 Francisco: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to San Francisco (SFO) heads west for about 962 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 37m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 40% of SLC-SFO flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into San Francisco it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,199 tracked SLC-SFO flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 0.8% 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% |
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about SLC-SFO
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> San Francisco (SFO) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 1199 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-San Francisco is 0.75% across 1199 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Delta Air Lines, United Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at San Francisco, 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.
