Flights Salt Lake City → Vancouver
SLC → YVR
How long is the flight from Salt Lake City to Vancouver?
The flight from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Vancouver (YVR) takes 1h 52m 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 connects Salt Lake City to Vancouver, operating with Canadair Regional Jet 900 and 700 aircraft. The destination airport in Vancouver sees over 26 million passengers annually, indicating significant traffic and demand for air travel between these two cities.
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) → Vancouver (YVR) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 13 flights monitored in recent months, 82% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.00%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Vancouver the average ATFM delay is 3.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Vancouver: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Vancouver (YVR) heads north-west for about 1,282 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 52m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 100% of SLC-YVR flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Vancouver it is 3.0 min (atfm).
Across 13 tracked SLC-YVR flights, 82% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 0.0% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 85% | 1 min | 0.8% |
Airlines operating SLC-YVR
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Frequently asked questions about SLC-YVR
The flight from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Vancouver (YVR) takes 1h 52m 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) -> Vancouver (YVR) route, on-time performance is 82% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 13 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Vancouver is 0.00% across 13 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 Vancouver, 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.
