Spokane International Airport (GEG) delays & on-time performance
Spokane, Washington · 22 nonstop destinations · 9 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at GEG right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
85%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.7%
134 flights
Avg arrival delay
11 min
69 min when late
Departed on time
84%
avg taxi-out 17 min
Figures cover 18,474 departures from GEG; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into GEG were on time 80% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Spokane International Airport (GEG) arrived on time 85% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 0.7% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (89% on time); American Airlines was the least (76%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (95% on time); around 1pm did worst (77%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (37%).
Most delayed routes from GEG
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ORD · Chicago65%714 flts
- SFO · San Francisco73%896 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth79%559 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas83%855 flts
- PHX · Phoenix84%1,258 flts
- DEN · Denver84%2,052 flts
- ATL · Atlanta85%537 flts
- SEA · Seattle86%5,024 flts
- PDX · Portland86%1,028 flts
- SMF · Sacramento87%607 flts
Most reliable routes from GEG
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- MSP · Minneapolis91%782 flts
- LAX · Los Angeles91%878 flts
- SLC · Salt Lake City91%1,671 flts
- OAK · Oakland90%381 flts
- SAN · San Diego88%419 flts
- SMF · Sacramento87%607 flts
- PDX · Portland86%1,028 flts
- SEA · Seattle86%5,024 flts
- ATL · Atlanta85%537 flts
- DEN · Denver84%2,052 flts
Best airline at GEG
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 89% | 0.9% | 11 min | 4 | 2,614 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 85% | 0.8% | 11 min | 9 | 6,535 |
| Alaska Airlines | 85% | 1.0% | 8 min | 4 | 2,926 |
| Southwest Airlines | 85% | 0.2% | 8 min | 9 | 3,609 |
| United Airlines | 85% | 0.3% | 13 min | 3 | 888 |
| American Airlines | 76% | 0.9% | 25 min | 3 | 1,497 |
| Frontier Airlines | 75% | 0.6% | 12 min | 2 | 155 |
| Envoy Air | 70% | 0.0% | 11 min | 1 | 10 |
| Allegiant Air | 59% | 1.3% | 36 min | 4 | 240 |
Best time to fly out of GEG
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am95%2,318 flts
- 6am92%2,539 flts
- 7am88%1,501 flts
- 8am88%203 flts
- 9am88%1,109 flts
- 10am87%410 flts
- 11am81%1,002 flts
- 12pm79%1,833 flts
- 1pm77%1,835 flts
- 2pm81%1,033 flts
- 3pm81%1,185 flts
- 4pm84%1,162 flts
- 5pm81%808 flts
- 6pm81%273 flts
- 7pm78%954 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)37%
- Late-arriving aircraft33%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion20%
- Extreme weather10%
- 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.