Salt Lake City departures back near normal: 18% late in the last hour
- Current state
- Resolved at 6:33 PM MST
- Started
- Latest activity
- Updates
- 3
Tailodds reports what the FAA publishes, what we measure and what our model forecasts. It doesn’t control airport operations or change bookings; check with your airline about your trip.
Updates oldest first
-
Initial Observed
Salt Lake City departures running late: 60% left 15+ min late in the last hour
Of 15 departures that took off between 4:17 PM and 5:17 PM MST, 9 left at least 15 minutes late. Salt Lake City typically sees 22% of departures in this hour leave that late (US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 4 PM hour). Measured by Tailodds from FAA flight data against airline schedules.
Evidence for this update
Measurement window 4:17 PM–5:17 PM MST Sample 15 flights, 9 late (60%) Comparison 22% typical · US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 4 PM hour Median delay 30.0 min Method FAA wheels-off/on +/- median taxi (taxi_times) vs the FAA-filed airline schedule (flight_odds) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-11-02 00:17 UTC) Sources Tailodds measurement of FAA flight data against airline schedules Provenance observed_ops observed-ops-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1 Was this useful? -
De-escalation Observed
Salt Lake City departure delays ease: 35% late in the last hour, still above normal
What changed: late share 60% → 35%
Of 17 departures that took off between 4:40 PM and 5:40 PM MST, 6 left at least 15 minutes late. Salt Lake City typically sees 19% of departures in this hour leave that late (US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 5 PM hour). Measured by Tailodds from FAA flight data against airline schedules.
Evidence for this update
Measurement window 4:40 PM–5:40 PM MST Sample 17 flights, 6 late (35%) Comparison 19% typical · US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 5 PM hour Median delay -1.0 min Method FAA wheels-off/on +/- median taxi (taxi_times) vs the FAA-filed airline schedule (flight_odds) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-11-02 00:40 UTC) Sources Tailodds measurement of FAA flight data against airline schedules Provenance observed_ops observed-ops-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1 Was this useful? -
Recovery Observed
Salt Lake City departures back near normal: 18% late in the last hour
What changed: late share 64% at worst → 18% now
Of 17 departures that took off between 5:33 PM and 6:33 PM MST, 3 left at least 15 minutes late. Salt Lake City typically sees 25% of departures in this hour leave that late (US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 6 PM hour). Measured by Tailodds from FAA flight data against airline schedules. The late share has stayed at or below 30% for 32 minutes across 16 checks, each with at least 12 flights and current data.
Evidence for this update
Measurement window 5:33 PM–6:33 PM MST Sample 17 flights, 3 late (18%) Comparison 25% typical · US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 6 PM hour Median delay 4.0 min Method FAA wheels-off/on +/- median taxi (taxi_times) vs the FAA-filed airline schedule (flight_odds) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-11-02 01:33 UTC) Sources Tailodds measurement of FAA flight data against airline schedules Provenance observed_ops observed-ops-v1 · config 2026-10-17.1 · writer template-v1 Was this useful?