Salt Lake City departures back near normal: 9% late in the last hour
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- Resolved at 10:17 AM MST
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Initial Observed
Salt Lake City departures running late: 54% left 15+ min late in the last hour
Of 13 departures that took off between 8:24 AM and 9:24 AM MST, 7 left at least 15 minutes late. Salt Lake City typically sees 8% of departures in this hour leave that late (US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 8 AM hour). Measured by Tailodds from FAA flight data against airline schedules.
Evidence for this update
Measurement window 8:24 AM–9:24 AM MST Sample 13 flights, 7 late (54%) Comparison 8% typical · US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 8 AM hour Median delay 15.0 min Method FAA wheels-off/on +/- median taxi (taxi_times) vs the FAA-filed airline schedule (flight_odds) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-11-11 16:24 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: 9% late in the last hour
What changed: late share 58% at worst → 9% now
Of 22 departures that took off between 9:17 AM and 10:17 AM MST, 2 left at least 15 minutes late. Salt Lake City typically sees 11% of departures in this hour leave that late (US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 9 AM hour). Measured by Tailodds from FAA flight data against airline schedules. The late share has stayed at or below 21% for 31 minutes across 16 checks, each with at least 12 flights and current data.
Evidence for this update
Measurement window 9:17 AM–10:17 AM MST Sample 22 flights, 2 late (9%) Comparison 11% typical · US DOT on-time data, last 12 published months, departures in the 9 AM hour Median delay -5.0 min Method FAA wheels-off/on +/- median taxi (taxi_times) vs the FAA-filed airline schedule (flight_odds) Source event time Ingested Published here (2026-11-11 17:17 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?