SkyWest (SKW) on-time performance, October 2026
16,457 scheduled SkyWest departures in US airspace in October 2026, 75.7% of them on time. Measured from FAA departure data, updated every morning.
On time, day by day
Share of SkyWest departures within 15 minutes of schedule, by day. Light bars show each day's departures for context. Worst day: Thursday 1 October at 66.9%. Best: Wednesday 7 October at 84.9%.
Airports, ranked by on-time share
Airports with at least 30 SkyWest departures in the month.
| Airport | Departures | On time | 45+ min late | Avg delay (min) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LIT Little Rock | 32 | 90.6% | 3.1% | 1.9 |
| BIS Bismarck | 48 | 89.6% | 4.2% | 6.7 |
| OMA Omaha | 123 | 88.6% | 5.7% | 8.1 |
| CLE Cleveland | 43 | 88.4% | 4.7% | 2.8 |
| BFL Bakersfield | 33 | 87.9% | 3.0% | 4.6 |
| SUN Hailey | 41 | 87.8% | 9.8% | 8.2 |
| BIL Billings | 32 | 87.5% | 3.1% | 13.3 |
| TUL Tulsa | 62 | 87.1% | 1.6% | 3.8 |
| BUR Burbank | 54 | 87.0% | 1.9% | 1.7 |
| FCA Kalispell | 30 | 86.7% | 6.7% | 9.3 |
| SLC Salt Lake City | 721 | 85.2% | 5.8% | 8.4 |
| OKC Oklahoma City | 128 | 85.2% | 5.5% | 10.5 |
| PSC Pasco | 93 | 83.9% | 9.7% | 12.1 |
| ABQ Albuquerque | 96 | 83.3% | 13.5% | 14.3 |
| FAR Fargo | 72 | 83.3% | 12.5% | 32.0 |
| STL St. Louis | 36 | 83.3% | 11.1% | 10.0 |
| EUG Eugene | 106 | 83.0% | 7.5% | 8.1 |
| GEG Spokane | 123 | 82.1% | 5.7% | 11.2 |
| DLH Duluth | 39 | 82.1% | 15.4% | 14.9 |
| YWG Winnipeg | 44 | 81.8% | 4.5% | 11.5 |
| PDX Portland | 239 | 81.6% | 10.9% | 16.9 |
| GRR Grand Rapids | 65 | 81.5% | 4.6% | 11.0 |
| ASE Aspen | 135 | 80.7% | 7.4% | 4.1 |
| LEX Lexington | 66 | 80.3% | 13.6% | 28.4 |
| MCI Kansas City | 85 | 80.0% | 12.9% | 16.9 |
| LAX Los Angeles | 772 | 79.9% | 8.9% | 9.7 |
| SMF Sacramento | 159 | 79.9% | 8.8% | 10.6 |
| DSM Des Moines | 48 | 79.2% | 8.3% | 14.3 |
| IAD Washington | 52 | 78.8% | 17.3% | 19.9 |
| SBA Santa Barbara | 61 | 78.7% | 9.8% | 6.6 |
| MOT Minot | 47 | 78.7% | 8.5% | 13.5 |
| DFW Dallas-Fort Worth | 416 | 78.6% | 12.5% | 10.2 |
| CID Cedar Rapids | 51 | 78.4% | 11.8% | 30.7 |
| ATW Appleton | 73 | 78.1% | 15.1% | 38.5 |
| PSP Palm Springs | 100 | 78.0% | 15.0% | 22.4 |
| DEN Denver | 1,450 | 77.8% | 10.8% | 13.2 |
| MSP Minneapolis | 553 | 77.8% | 9.2% | 14.1 |
| SAF Santa Fe | 85 | 77.6% | 11.8% | 13.5 |
| BOI Boise | 164 | 77.4% | 11.6% | 13.3 |
| RNO Reno | 75 | 77.3% | 6.7% | 8.8 |
| MSO Missoula | 44 | 77.3% | 6.8% | 10.8 |
| DTW Detroit | 384 | 77.1% | 11.7% | 16.7 |
| IDA Idaho Falls | 82 | 76.8% | 8.5% | 15.1 |
| SBP San Luis Obispo | 30 | 76.7% | 10.0% | 20.5 |
| ELP El Paso | 47 | 76.6% | 14.9% | 23.8 |
| ICT Wichita | 84 | 76.2% | 11.9% | 9.9 |
| MFR Medford | 88 | 76.1% | 14.8% | 19.8 |
| OAK Oakland | 37 | 75.7% | 16.2% | 9.5 |
| LNK Lincoln | 90 | 75.6% | 13.3% | 22.1 |
| TUS Tucson | 143 | 75.5% | 11.9% | 21.0 |
| PHX Phoenix | 466 | 75.3% | 10.3% | 12.6 |
| SJC San Jose | 101 | 75.2% | 8.9% | 12.1 |
| XNA Fayetteville/Springdale/Rogers | 88 | 75.0% | 10.2% | 26.6 |
| SEA Seattle | 619 | 74.8% | 11.3% | 14.5 |
| FSD Sioux Falls | 98 | 74.5% | 7.1% | 15.6 |
| TVC Traverse City | 47 | 74.5% | 14.9% | 17.3 |
| GRB Green Bay | 62 | 74.2% | 17.7% | 26.6 |
| SFO San Francisco | 499 | 73.9% | 13.6% | 12.3 |
| STS Santa Rosa | 84 | 73.8% | 7.1% | 8.7 |
| ONT Ontario | 57 | 73.7% | 3.5% | 10.8 |
| AZO Kalamazoo | 38 | 73.7% | 10.5% | 22.7 |
| JAC Jackson | 30 | 73.3% | 6.7% | 13.4 |
| SHV Shreveport | 99 | 72.7% | 13.1% | 18.7 |
| MSN Madison | 44 | 72.7% | 18.2% | 18.3 |
| YVR Vancouver | 47 | 72.3% | 8.5% | 12.9 |
| YYZ Toronto | 32 | 71.9% | 9.4% | 16.1 |
| DRO Durango | 67 | 71.6% | 9.0% | 14.3 |
| ATL Atlanta | 111 | 71.2% | 17.1% | 29.0 |
| FAT Fresno | 131 | 71.0% | 16.0% | 20.7 |
| PIA Peoria | 31 | 71.0% | 6.5% | 15.2 |
| ORD Chicago | 1,652 | 70.7% | 13.7% | 18.5 |
| CPR Casper | 54 | 70.4% | 9.3% | 13.1 |
| MRY Monterey | 67 | 70.1% | 14.9% | 20.3 |
| BNA Nashville | 40 | 70.0% | 22.5% | 40.6 |
| RDD Redding | 30 | 70.0% | 10.0% | 11.3 |
| RDM Redmond | 73 | 69.9% | 5.5% | 13.1 |
| IAH Houston | 364 | 69.8% | 17.9% | 23.1 |
| SNA Santa Ana | 122 | 69.7% | 12.3% | 12.0 |
| AUS Austin | 172 | 69.2% | 19.8% | 19.2 |
| MLI Moline | 39 | 69.2% | 7.7% | 16.5 |
| CMH Columbus | 38 | 68.4% | 13.2% | 13.7 |
| GJT Grand Junction | 63 | 68.3% | 12.7% | 11.5 |
| MKE Milwaukee | 161 | 67.1% | 13.7% | 24.5 |
| LAS Las Vegas | 48 | 66.7% | 10.4% | 18.3 |
| BHM Birmingham | 49 | 65.3% | 10.2% | 24.2 |
| SBN South Bend | 117 | 65.0% | 20.5% | 27.2 |
| SGU St George | 91 | 64.8% | 12.1% | 14.5 |
| COS Colorado Springs | 126 | 64.3% | 15.1% | 29.7 |
| SAN San Diego | 248 | 63.7% | 21.0% | 22.2 |
| CLT Charlotte | 35 | 62.9% | 25.7% | 46.3 |
| MEM Memphis | 56 | 62.5% | 8.9% | 22.3 |
| MAF Midland | 40 | 62.5% | 30.0% | 26.3 |
| SGF Springfield | 76 | 60.5% | 18.4% | 39.4 |
| RAP Rapid City | 65 | 60.0% | 21.5% | 39.9 |
| FWA Fort Wayne | 56 | 57.1% | 23.2% | 25.8 |
| ACV Arcata/Eureka | 35 | 54.3% | 22.9% | 50.4 |
Least punctual routes
Routes with at least 20 SkyWest departures, lowest on-time share first.
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAT to SAN Fresno to San Diego | 25 | 36.0% | 36.0 |
| DEN to SGU Denver to St George | 20 | 45.0% | 43.3 |
| BOI to SEA Boise to Seattle | 42 | 45.2% | 28.5 |
| MRY to SFO Monterey to San Francisco | 23 | 47.8% | 37.8 |
| AUS to SAN Austin to San Diego | 25 | 48.0% | 39.5 |
| LAX to SFO Los Angeles to San Francisco | 27 | 48.1% | 24.6 |
| ORD to FNT Chicago to Flint | 24 | 50.0% | 37.4 |
| ACV to SFO Arcata/Eureka to San Francisco | 20 | 50.0% | 77.5 |
| SGU to DEN St George to Denver | 20 | 50.0% | 33.1 |
| COS to DEN Colorado Springs to Denver | 71 | 53.5% | 37.5 |
Busiest routes
The ten routes SkyWest flew most this month.
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| MKE to ORD Milwaukee to Chicago | 95 | 53.7% | 33.0 |
| SMF to LAX Sacramento to Los Angeles | 81 | 88.9% | 4.9 |
| ORD to MKE Chicago to Milwaukee | 81 | 75.3% | 19.1 |
| LAX to SMF Los Angeles to Sacramento | 79 | 83.5% | 5.6 |
| COS to DEN Colorado Springs to Denver | 71 | 53.5% | 37.5 |
| PDX to SEA Portland to Seattle | 68 | 63.2% | 34.7 |
| SNA to SFO Santa Ana to San Francisco | 66 | 71.2% | 13.0 |
| DEN to COS Denver to Colorado Springs | 66 | 77.3% | 14.1 |
| SEA to PDX Seattle to Portland | 66 | 69.7% | 15.8 |
| SBN to ORD South Bend to Chicago | 64 | 59.4% | 28.8 |
Other months for SkyWest
Airport pages for October 2026
How we measure
On time means the aircraft took off within 15 minutes of its scheduled departure, after subtracting the departure airport's normal taxi time (FAA SWIM reports wheels-off, not push-back, so the median taxi time of the last 30 days is taken off every flight first). Average delay is the mean of that taxi-adjusted delay over all departures; early departures count as negative minutes, so an operator that routinely leaves early can show a negative average. 45+ min late is the share of departures that left 45 minutes or more behind schedule, the point at which most connections are at risk.
Scope: scheduled airlines only, the same set as the monthly State of the Sky report (operators with published routes; private, fractional and charter operators are left out), so the two publications give the same numbers for the same month. Departures are counted by scheduled day (UTC). Each day's flights are rolled up overnight and published the next morning; the newest day keeps filling in for a day or two and is only shown once it is substantially complete. Figures can differ by a few tenths of a point from the State of the Sky report for the same month: that report is frozen on the 2nd of the following month, while these pages are rebuilt from the live rollup, which recomputes each airport's taxi baseline nightly and re-rolls the last week of the month as late departure times arrive (September 2026 at SFO: 16,398 departures in both, 69.2% on time here against 69.5% in the report).
Source: FAA System Wide Information Management (SWIM) flight plans and departure times, processed by PlaneTrack. Free to quote with credit to PlaneTrack (CC BY 4.0).
Data note: 3 October 2026 - FAA schedule rollup ran short after a database stall (about 17% of departures missing).