ATL to SLC flight delays
Atlanta, GA (ATL) Salt Lake City, UT (SLC) · 1,590 miles
2,965 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
83%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.4%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
60 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
11 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Only Delta Air Lines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Flights from Atlanta to Salt Lake City keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on ATL to SLC. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in July.
Every airline on ATL to SLC
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 2,959 | 83.03% | 0.41% | 60 min | B |
| Frontier Airlines | 6 | 66.67% | 0% | 70 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
SLC to ATL Salt Lake City back to Atlanta 87.28% on time AOther routes from Atlanta
Common questions
Are flights from Atlanta to Salt Lake City usually delayed?
83% of flights on the ATL to SLC route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Atlanta to Salt Lake City?
Only Delta Air Lines appears in the published record on this route, with 2,959 flights and 83.03% arriving on time.
How often are ATL to SLC flights cancelled?
0.4% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 4 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Atlanta to Salt Lake City?
September, when 90.1% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July at 78%.
When ATL to SLC flights are late, how late are they?
About 60 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on ATL to SLC during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →