SkyWest Airlines on-time performance
1,811 routes · 275 airports · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Regional airline operating flights for United Express, Delta Connection, American Eagle and Alaska.
On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.8%
15,226 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
88 min when late
US airline rank
#6 of 14
by on-time arrival
Key facts
- SkyWest Airlines flights arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1.8% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #6 of 14 US airlines for on-time arrivals.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (47%).
Monthly trend
SkyWest Airlines's most delayed routes
SkyWest Airlines's most reliable routes
SkyWest Airlines at its biggest airports
Departures operated by this airline at each airport.
| Airport | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Departures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ORD Chicago | 67% | 4.1% | 30 min | 78,162 |
| DEN Denver | 80% | 1.0% | 16 min | 75,286 |
| LAX Los Angeles | 85% | 0.6% | 11 min | 40,763 |
| SLC Salt Lake City | 90% | 0.4% | 7 min | 36,266 |
| SFO San Francisco | 75% | 1.3% | 19 min | 31,692 |
| SEA Seattle | 86% | 0.7% | 10 min | 28,770 |
| DTW Detroit | 74% | 2.1% | 26 min | 28,582 |
| MSP Minneapolis | 80% | 1.5% | 18 min | 27,841 |
| PHX Phoenix | 81% | 0.8% | 16 min | 27,294 |
| DFW Dallas/Fort Worth | 77% | 3.1% | 19 min | 22,633 |
| SAN San Diego | 79% | 1.9% | 13 min | 14,881 |
| IAH Houston | 77% | 1.0% | 22 min | 14,030 |
| PDX Portland | 86% | 0.6% | 10 min | 10,528 |
| BOI Boise | 85% | 0.4% | 11 min | 10,509 |
| SMF Sacramento | 83% | 0.8% | 12 min | 8,910 |
Why flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)47%
- Late-arriving aircraft22%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion17%
- Extreme weather14%
- Security0%
Why flights were cancelled
- Extreme weather78%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion18%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)4%
- Security0%
Busiest SkyWest Airlines routes
- ORD → MKE 64%
- MKE → ORD 68%
- SNA → SFO 69%
- SFO → SNA 78%
- SMF → LAX 90%
- LAX → SMF 88%
- PDX → SEA 86%
- SEA → PDX 86%
- DEN → COS 77%
- COS → DEN 83%
- SEA → BOI 87%
- SEA → GEG 88%
- GEG → SEA 88%
- BOI → SEA 86%
- ASE → DEN 76%
- ORD → SBN 64%
- SBN → ORD 66%
- DEN → ASE 75%
- LAX → PHX 87%
- PHX → LAX 90%
- DEN → CPR 78%
- CPR → DEN 83%
- LAX → SFO 69%
- SFO → LAX 75%
- ORD → DTW 65%
- DTW → ORD 69%
- ORD → FWA 64%
- FWA → ORD 67%
- ORD → OKC 69%
- OKC → ORD 74%
- TUS → PHX 83%
- PHX → TUS 81%
- SAN → LAX 88%
- LAX → SAN 85%
- PSP → SFO 64%
- SFO → PSP 74%
- TUS → LAX 87%
- LAX → TUS 83%
- RAP → DEN 79%
- DEN → RAP 79%
- LAX → RNO 91%
- RNO → LAX 89%
- SJC → LAX 92%
- LAX → SJC 91%
- ORD → FNT 65%
- FNT → ORD 67%
- SMF → SEA 87%
- SEA → SMF 89%
- DFW → SAF 77%
- SAF → DFW 79%
- LAX → ABQ 87%
- ABQ → LAX 91%
- SGU → SLC 94%
- SLC → SGU 92%
- ORD → MLI 67%
- SAF → DEN 80%
- DEN → SAF 82%
- MLI → ORD 71%
- EUG → SEA 88%
- SEA → EUG 86%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.