Salt Lake City departures back near normal: 10% late in the last hour
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- Resolved at 9:42 PM MST
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Initial Observed
Salt Lake City departures running late: 63% left 15+ min late in the last hour
Of 19 departures that took off between 6:09 PM and 7:09 PM MST, 12 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.
Evidence for this update
Measurement window 6:09 PM–7:09 PM MST Sample 19 flights, 12 late (63%) Comparison 25% typical · US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 6 PM hour Median delay 31.0 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 02:09 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: 10% late in the last hour
What changed: late share 75% at worst → 10% now
Of 30 departures that took off between 8:42 PM and 9:42 PM MST, 3 left at least 15 minutes late. Salt Lake City typically sees 15% of departures in this hour leave that late (US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 9 PM hour). Measured by Tailodds from FAA flight data against airline schedules. The late share has stayed at or below 25% for 31 minutes across 16 checks, each with at least 12 flights and current data.
Evidence for this update
Measurement window 8:42 PM–9:42 PM MST Sample 30 flights, 3 late (10%) Comparison 15% typical · US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 9 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 04:42 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?