SLC to PHX flight delays

SLC PHX Salt Lake City to Phoenix Sky Harbor · 507 miles

17,331 flights were scheduled from SLC to PHX over July 2023 through June 2026. Of the 17,234 that made the trip, 83.8% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. These are arrival figures: “on time” means the flight reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Arrivals are what decide whether you make the connection, so route and airline pages are scored on them rather than on pushback.

Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics

The route in brief

Flights in the window
17,331
Arrived on time
83.8%
Cancelled
0.4%
Scheduled distance
507 miles

Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled. Diverted flights are counted with them rather than as very late arrivals, which is why the on-time share and the cancellation rate do not add up to everything that happened.

Airline by airline

Airlines with at least 100 flights on SLC–PHX, busiest first. Same route, same weather, same air traffic — which makes this the fairest comparison on the site.

Airline Arrived on time Typical delay Cancelled Flights
Southwest Airlines 81% 53 min 0.4% 5,512
Delta Air Lines 85.2% 57 min 0.3% 5,184
SkyWest Airlines 88% 78 min 0.1% 3,187
Frontier Airlines 79.7% 91 min 1.4% 1,954
American Airlines 85.1% 126 min 0.3% 1,163
Envoy Air 88.7% 60 min 0.3% 331

Month by month

July was the month to avoid on SLC–PHX: 75.7% of flights arrived on time, against 88.6% in September. Each bar pools three years of that calendar month.

Share of flights that arrived on time, by calendar month. Best month in green, worst in amber. The hairline sits at the overall rate, 83.8%.
Arrival on-time share, SLC to PHX, by calendar month
Month Share flights that arrived on time Flights
January 84.3% 1,483
February 83.1% 1,420
March 82.7% 1,699
April 84.3% 1,543
May 86.6% 1,526
June 80.6% 1,306
July 75.7% 1,271
August 82.7% 1,314
September 88.6% 1,289
October 83.9% 1,412
November 86% 1,485
December 85.8% 1,583

Both ends of the route

A route’s record is built out of two airports’ habits. The hour-by-hour grid for each is on its own page.

SLC to PHX in one number

SLC → PHX

When a flight on this route was late, it was late by about 67 min.

July 2023–June 2026 · 17,331 flights

83.8% of flights arrived on time

Questions about SLC to PHX

Which airline is most reliable from SLC to PHX?
Envoy Air — its flights on this pairing arrived on time 88.7% of the time, with 331 scheduled. Frontier Airlines came in at 79.7% over 1,954 scheduled. Airlines with fewer than 100 flights on the route are not rated.
What is the worst month to fly SLC to PHX?
July, at 75.7% of arrivals on time, with 1,271 flights scheduled. September was the best of the year at 88.6%.
How late are SLC–PHX flights when they are late?
67 min on average, counting only the flights that arrived 15 minutes or more behind schedule. The on-time flights are left out of that average on purpose — mixing them in would flatter it.
How often is the SLC to PHX flight cancelled?
0.4% of scheduled flights on this route were cancelled, July 2023 through June 2026. Diverted flights are counted with the cancellations rather than as late arrivals.
Are these departure or arrival numbers?
Arrival. A flight counts as on time here if it reached the gate at PHX less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Airport pages score departures instead, because that is the number you can act on when you pick a booking time.