Salt Lake City departures back near normal: 12% late in the last hour
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Initial Observed
Salt Lake City departures running late: 47% left 15+ min late in the last hour
Of 19 departures that took off between 11:45 AM and 12:45 PM MST, 9 left at least 15 minutes late. Salt Lake City typically sees 18% of departures in this hour leave that late (US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 12 PM hour). Measured by Tailodds from FAA flight data against airline schedules.
Evidence for this update
Measurement window 11:45 AM–12:45 PM MST Sample 19 flights, 9 late (47%) Comparison 18% typical · US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 12 PM hour Median delay 9.0 min Method FAA wheels-off/on +/- median taxi (taxi_times) vs the FAA-filed airline schedule (flight_odds) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-11-08 19:45 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: 12% late in the last hour
What changed: late share 47% at worst → 12% now
Of 16 departures that took off between 1:18 PM and 2:18 PM MST, 2 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 1 PM hour). Measured by Tailodds from FAA flight data against airline schedules. The late share has stayed at or below 26% for 31 minutes across 16 checks, each with at least 12 flights and current data.
Evidence for this update
Measurement window 1:18 PM–2:18 PM MST Sample 16 flights, 2 late (12%) Comparison 16% typical · US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 1 PM hour Median delay 6.0 min Method FAA wheels-off/on +/- median taxi (taxi_times) vs the FAA-filed airline schedule (flight_odds) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-11-08 21:18 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?