Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT) delays & on-time performance
Fresno, California · 13 nonstop destinations · 8 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at FAT right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
82%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.0%
127 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
76 min when late
Departed on time
83%
avg taxi-out 17 min
Figures cover 13,119 departures from FAT; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into FAT were on time 79% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Fresno Yosemite International Airport (FAT) arrived on time 82% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- United Airlines was the most punctual airline here (85% on time); Allegiant Air was the least (77%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (94% on time); around 7pm did worst (63%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (42%).
Most delayed routes from FAT
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SFO · San Francisco65%1,250 flts
- SAN · San Diego75%1,774 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth80%1,362 flts
- PHX · Phoenix81%1,475 flts
- SEA · Seattle82%926 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas82%1,714 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles85%982 flts
- DEN · Denver88%1,449 flts
- PDX · Portland90%586 flts
- SLC · Salt Lake City95%1,366 flts
Most reliable routes from FAT
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SLC · Salt Lake City95%1,366 flts
- PDX · Portland90%586 flts
- DEN · Denver88%1,449 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles85%982 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas82%1,714 flts
- SEA · Seattle82%926 flts
- PHX · Phoenix81%1,475 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth80%1,362 flts
- SAN · San Diego75%1,774 flts
- SFO · San Francisco65%1,250 flts
Best airline at FAT
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 100% | 0.0% | 0 min | 1 | 30 |
| Envoy Air | 89% | 0.0% | 20 min | 1 | 118 |
| United Airlines | 85% | 0.7% | 10 min | 3 | 707 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 82% | 0.9% | 14 min | 8 | 7,047 |
| Alaska Airlines | 82% | 1.3% | 11 min | 1 | 399 |
| Southwest Airlines | 81% | 0.2% | 12 min | 4 | 2,009 |
| American Airlines | 79% | 2.2% | 20 min | 2 | 2,162 |
| Allegiant Air | 77% | 0.6% | 22 min | 2 | 647 |
Best time to fly out of FAT
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am94%764 flts
- 6am90%2,329 flts
- 7am84%704 flts
- 8am76%874 flts
- 9am88%1,023 flts
- 10am76%987 flts
- 11am83%402 flts
- 12pm87%1,219 flts
- 1pm80%634 flts
- 2pm78%960 flts
- 3pm69%579 flts
- 4pm73%633 flts
- 5pm81%636 flts
- 6pm69%537 flts
- 7pm63%543 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)42%
- Late-arriving aircraft31%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion21%
- Extreme weather6%
- Security0%
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.