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SkyWest Airlines on-time record

SkyWest Airlines (OO) flew 854,130 US domestic flights from August 2025 to July 2026. 79% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, 1.4 points above the US average of 77.6%; 1.8% were cancelled, and flights arrived about 10 minutes late on average. That ranks SkyWest Airlines fifth of 12 US airlines with a full year of figures.

79%
on time (within 15 min)
1.8%
cancelled
14.4%
more than 30 min late
+10 min
average arrival vs schedule

854,130 flights, 2,895 flight numbers, 1,811 routes and 275 airports, August 2025 to July 2026. Source: US Bureau of Transportation Statistics, public domain.

SkyWest Airlines on-time record by month

MonthOn timeCancelledFlights
July 202676.1%1.6%77,072
June 202677.6%1.4%73,673
May 202680.1%0.9%75,994
April 202679.8%1.8%73,115
March 202677.8%3.6%73,391
February 202678.2%1.2%62,073
January 202676.9%3.3%66,168
December 202572.9%1.9%68,814
November 202582%4.3%68,347
October 202582.8%0.2%71,927
September 202584.7%0.4%69,406
August 202579.2%1%74,150

Each month links to that month's US punctuality report, with every airline ranked.

Where SkyWest Airlines flies from most

  1. Chicago O'Hare (ORD)66.6%
  2. Denver (DEN)80.4%
  3. Los Angeles (LAX)85.2%
  4. Salt Lake City (SLC)90.4%
  5. San Francisco (SFO)75.3%
  6. Seattle Tacoma (SEA)85.6%
  7. Detroit (DTW)74.2%
  8. Minneapolis (MSP)80%
  9. Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX)80.7%
  10. Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)77.2%

SkyWest Airlines' busiest routes

  1. Chicago to Milwaukee64.5%
  2. Milwaukee to Chicago68.4%
  3. Santa Ana to San Francisco68.8%
  4. San Francisco to Santa Ana78.5%
  5. Sacramento to Los Angeles89.7%
  6. Los Angeles to Sacramento87.5%
  7. Portland to Seattle86.1%
  8. Seattle to Portland86%
  9. Colorado Springs to Denver83%
  10. Denver to Colorado Springs76.8%

Most punctual busy routes

  1. Santa Barbara to Salt Lake City95.8%
  2. Salt Lake City to Helena95.7%
  3. Elko to Salt Lake City95.6%
  4. Salt Lake City to Butte95.5%
  5. Twin Falls to Salt Lake City95.4%
  6. Helena to Salt Lake City95.3%
  7. Butte to Salt Lake City95.2%
  8. Boise to Salt Lake City95.2%

Least punctual busy routes

  1. Chicago to Rochester54%
  2. Santa Barbara to San Francisco54.8%
  3. Springfield to Chicago57%
  4. Rochester to Chicago58.1%
  5. Chicago to Salina59%
  6. Arcata CA to San Francisco59.6%
  7. San Luis Obispo to San Francisco60.5%
  8. Cincinnati to Chicago60.7%

Most punctual flights

  1. OO403798.3%
  2. OO403097.8%
  3. OO374597.8%
  4. OO423097.3%
  5. OO390197.3%
  6. OO423597.2%
  7. OO378196.9%
  8. OO423496.7%

Least punctual flights

  1. OO596141.4%
  2. OO480845.6%
  3. OO551645.7%
  4. OO463247.6%
  5. OO464449.4%
  6. OO567550.8%
  7. OO555551.4%
  8. OO573751.5%

On-time shares are for August 2025 to July 2026. Routes with at least 300 flights and flight numbers with at least 200 flights in the period.

Questions and answers

Is SkyWest Airlines usually on time?
79% of SkyWest Airlines' 854,130 US domestic flights from August 2025 to July 2026 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, 1.4 points above the US average of 77.6%. That ranks it fifth of 12 US airlines with a full year of figures. Its flights arrived about 10 minutes late on average.
How often does SkyWest Airlines cancel flights?
1.8% of SkyWest Airlines' scheduled flights were cancelled from August 2025 to July 2026. That is the sixth lowest cancellation rate of 12 US airlines with a full year of figures.
When is SkyWest Airlines most and least punctual?
In the period, SkyWest Airlines' best month was September 2025 (84.7% on time) and its worst was December 2025 (72.9%).
What is SkyWest Airlines' most punctual busy route?
Santa Barbara to Salt Lake City: 95.8% of 903 flights on time from August 2025 to July 2026, among SkyWest Airlines routes with at least 300 flights.
Where does SkyWest Airlines fly from most?
By departures from August 2025 to July 2026: Chicago O'Hare (ORD), 78,162; Denver (DEN), 75,286; Los Angeles (LAX), 40,763.

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