Flights San Antonio → Salt Lake City
SAT → SLC
Route overview
The flight route from San Antonio to Salt Lake City operates with an impressive on-time performance rate of 90%, with flights typically experiencing only a mean delay of 1.8 minutes. The Airbus A320 aircraft serves this route, which originates from the historic San Antonio International Airport opened in 1942 and terminates at one of the busiest airports globally, handling over 25 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 San Antonio (SAT) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Delta Air Lines. Across 339 flights monitored in recent months, 88% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 2 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.59%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from San Antonio the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from San Antonio (SAT) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads north-west for about 1,749 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 36m.
Departures from San Antonio on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 50% of SAT-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing San Antonio the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 339 tracked SAT-SLC flights, 88% left on time with an average delay of 2 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 SAT-SLC
On the San Antonio (SAT) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 88% with an average delay of 2 minutes, based on 339 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on San Antonio-Salt Lake City 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.
