SLC to MEM flight delays
Salt Lake City, UT (SLC) Memphis, TN (MEM) · 1,262 miles
365 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
85.64%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.82%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
67 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 Salt Lake City to Memphis keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
This is a thin route — 365 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Delta Air Lines arrived on time most often on SLC to MEM. Flights ran closest to schedule in July and worst in March.
Every airline on SLC to MEM
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 | 365 | 85.64% | 0.82% | 67 min | B |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MEM to SLC Memphis back to Salt Lake City 90.06% on time AOther routes from Salt Lake City
Common questions
Are flights from Salt Lake City to Memphis usually delayed?
85.64% of flights on the SLC to MEM route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Salt Lake City to Memphis?
Only Delta Air Lines appears in the published record on this route, with 365 flights and 85.64% arriving on time.
How often are SLC to MEM flights cancelled?
0.82% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 8 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Salt Lake City to Memphis?
July, when 90.3% of flights arrived on time. The worst was March at 77.4%.
When SLC to MEM flights are late, how late are they?
About 67 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 SLC to MEM 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 →