Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC) has been named the top airport in the United States based on on-time flights. Cirium stated the airport had an on-time departure rate of 83.80% and an on-time arrival rate of 84.
78%. Delta Air Lines also led US-based airlines to be the most on time (most of the flights at SLC are Delta-operated). This follows on from 2023, when Delta also led in US Department of Transportation performance .
Salt Lake City Airport most on-time in North America According to Cirium , among major US airports, Salt Lake City has the fewest flight cancellations and the most on-time departures and arrivals. Internationally, Salt Lake was the fourth most on-time airport after Saudi Arabia's Riyadh King Khalid International Airport (RUH), Peru's Lima Jorge Chavez International Airport (LIM), and Mexico City's Benito Juarez International Airport (MEX). Salt Lake City Airport responded to the new Cirium report by posting , " Fashionably late? Never heard of it.
Here at SLC, we are "fashionably on-time" Today, Cirium revealed the winners of its 2024 On-Time Performance Review. SLC ranked 4th globally and 1st in North America for on-time performance! Cirium is touted as the world's most trusted source of aviation analytics ." While Saudi Arabia's Riyadh airport was ranked number one, Salt Lake outranked it based on arrivals.
Riyadh's on-time arrivals were 81.76%, while Salt Lake had 84.78% (almost the best in the world although Mexico City was slightly better at .
