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Observed Significant Resolved Delay SLC departures

Salt Lake City departure delays ease: 45% late in the last hour, still above normal

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Resolved: closed without a new report (No usable measurement for 6 h; closed without a recovery report.)
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  1. Initial Observed

    Salt Lake City departures running late: 75% left 15+ min late in the last hour

    Of 20 departures that took off between 11:11 PM and 12:11 AM MDT, 15 left at least 15 minutes late. Salt Lake City typically sees 16% of departures in this hour leave that late (US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 11 PM hour). Measured by Tailodds from FAA flight data against airline schedules.

    Evidence for this update
    Measurement window11:11 PM–12:11 AM MDT
    Sample20 flights, 15 late (75%)
    Comparison16% typical · US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 11 PM hour
    Median delay26.0 min
    MethodFAA wheels-off/on +/- median taxi (taxi_times) vs the FAA-filed airline schedule (flight_odds)
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    Ingested
    Published here (2026-10-27 06:11 UTC)
    SourcesTailodds measurement of FAA flight data against airline schedules
    Provenanceobserved_ops observed-ops-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1
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  2. De-escalation Observed

    Salt Lake City departure delays ease: 45% late in the last hour, still above normal

    What changed: late share 75% → 45%

    Of 20 departures that took off between 11:58 PM and 12:58 AM MDT, 9 left at least 15 minutes late. Salt Lake City typically sees 23% of departures in this hour leave that late (US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 12 AM hour). Measured by Tailodds from FAA flight data against airline schedules.

    Evidence for this update
    Measurement window11:58 PM–12:58 AM MDT
    Sample20 flights, 9 late (45%)
    Comparison23% typical · US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 12 AM hour
    Median delay13.0 min
    MethodFAA wheels-off/on +/- median taxi (taxi_times) vs the FAA-filed airline schedule (flight_odds)
    Source event time
    Ingested
    Published here (2026-10-27 06:58 UTC)
    SourcesTailodds measurement of FAA flight data against airline schedules
    Provenanceobserved_ops observed-ops-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1
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Closed Tue Oct 27, 7:10 AM MDT: No usable measurement for 6 h; closed without a recovery report.