Salt Lake City departures back near normal: 14% late in the last hour
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Initial Observed
Salt Lake City departures running late: 58% left 15+ min late in the last hour
Of 12 departures that took off between 4:23 PM and 5:23 PM MST, 7 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 4:23 PM–5:23 PM MST Sample 12 flights, 7 late (58%) Comparison 22% typical · US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 4 PM hour Median delay 23.0 min Method FAA wheels-off/on +/- median taxi (taxi_times) vs the FAA-filed airline schedule (flight_odds) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-11-09 00:23 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: 14% late in the last hour
What changed: late share 58% at worst → 14% now
Of 28 departures that took off between 5:11 PM and 6:11 PM MST, 4 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. The late share has stayed at or below 29% for 31 minutes across 16 checks, each with at least 12 flights and current data.
Evidence for this update
Measurement window 5:11 PM–6:11 PM MST Sample 28 flights, 4 late (14%) 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 (2026-11-09 01:11 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?