Best time to fly out of Provo (PVU)
The early-flight folk wisdom holds up at Provo: departures in the 6–8am band left on time 92.3% of the time, against 73.9% in the 12–2pm band. These are historical odds, not forecasts. The records say what happened on this schedule over three years; they know nothing about tomorrow’s thunderstorm.
Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics
On-time rate by hour and day
On this page, “on time” means a departure that pushed back less than 15 minutes behind its scheduled time — the Bureau of Transportation Statistics definition, and the one airlines are held to.
| Departure time | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before 6am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6–8am | 93 | – | – | 93 | 93 | – | 91 |
| 8–10am | 90 | 86 | 89 | 92 | 89 | 90 | 89 |
| 10am–12pm | 89 | 88 | 91 | 84 | 85 | 88 | 80 |
| 12–2pm | 75 | 74 | 76 | 69 | 75 | 71 | 77 |
| 2–4pm | 78 | – | – | 78 | 76 | – | 73 |
| 4–6pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6–8pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8–10pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10pm–12am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
The steadiest stretch at PVU was 6–8am — 92.3% of departures left on time across 1,147 flights. The weakest was 12–2pm at 73.9%.
The year at PVU
July was the hard month at PVU: 78.6% of departures left on time, across 635 flights. August was the easy one at 88%. Each month pools three years of that month, so a single bad week does not decide it.
| Month | Share departures that left on time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| January | 82.2% | 618 |
| February | 86.8% | 575 |
| March | 83.9% | 727 |
| April | 84.2% | 661 |
| May | 84.9% | 674 |
| June | 82.1% | 697 |
| July | 78.6% | 635 |
| August | 88% | 543 |
| September | 86.8% | 410 |
| October | 83.2% | 608 |
| November | 82.1% | 660 |
| December | 85.3% | 687 |
Airlines at PVU
Every airline with at least 100 departures from PVU, busiest first. These are that airline’s departures from this airport only — its record across the country sits on its own page.
| Airline | Left on time | Typical delay | Cancelled | Departures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allegiant Air | 85.9% | 111 min | 0.3% | 5,419 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 78.8% | 114 min | 1.6% | 2,052 |
What delays out of PVU were put down to
Airlines file a reason with every arrival running 15 minutes late or more. Across 1,351 flights that departed PVU and ran 15 minutes late or more, the delay minutes break down with 66.4% put down to airline operations and 12.7% to air traffic & airport volume.
- Late-arriving aircraft 12.2%
- Airline operations 66.4%
- Air traffic & airport volume 12.7%
- Severe weather 8.6%
- Security 0.1%
Late-arriving aircraft is the knock-on category: the plane came in late, so it went out late again. It is why a 7am problem in Newark is still a problem in Denver at dinnertime, and why it is usually the biggest slice on the bar.
If you are connecting through PVU
Of 7,496 scheduled arrivals into PVU, 71.1% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Of the 2,074 arrivals that ran late, 51.5% were no more than 45 minutes behind — which is the difference between a tight connection and a new boarding pass.
Work out a specific layover — pick the airport and the minutes you have, and the tool reads the same arrival records back as a share.
Busiest routes out of PVU
Ranked by flights, with the share that arrived on time at the far end. Where a route carries enough flights for a page of its own the chip goes there; otherwise it goes to the destination airport.
- AZA 83.7% on time · 1,998 flights
- DFW 78.7% on time · 1,525 flights
- SNA 85.9% on time · 1,158 flights
- PHX 75.6% on time · 697 flights
- HOU 87.2% on time · 336 flights
- AUS 79.2% on time · 319 flights
- PDX 87.1% on time · 295 flights
- BNA 87.9% on time · 286 flights
- SAN 77.3% on time · 223 flights
- MDW 83.2% on time · 185 flights
PVU in one number
Provo (PVU)
Rank 180 of 363 US airports by departures. Steadiest stretch of the day: 6–8am. Hardest month: July.
Questions about PVU
- What is the best time of day to fly out of Provo?
- 6–8am. Departures in that band left on time 92.3% of the time across 1,147 flights, July 2023 through June 2026 — the best of the ten bands in the day. The 12–2pm band was the weakest at 73.9%.
- What is the worst month to fly out of PVU?
- July: 78.6% of the departures that flew left on time, with 635 scheduled. August was the other end of the year at 88%. Each figure pools three years of that calendar month.
- Which airline is most on time at PVU?
- Allegiant Air — 85.9% of its 5,419 departures from PVU left on time. SkyWest Airlines sat at the other end at 78.8% over 2,052 flights. Only airlines with at least 100 departures here are ranked.
- How often are flights cancelled at PVU?
- 0.7% of scheduled departures were cancelled over July 2023 through June 2026. Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled, not against everything that flew — a rate that looks small still adds up to real people in a rebooking line.