Provo, UT

What the Data Says About PVU

Provo, UT in Provo, Utah handled 20,217 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 76.5% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 4,756 experienced delays, 252 were cancelled, and 32 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 1.25%, the diversion rate to 0.16%, and the average delay when departures run late is 97.6 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing PVU against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at PVU, Carrier leads the pack. Carrier accounts for 50.2% of total delay minutes, followed by Late Aircraft at 21.5% and NAS (National Aviation System) at 18.1%. Weather contributes 10.2% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.1%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, September runs the cleanest at PVU with a 92.9% on-time rate, while July is the roughest at 89.2% — a 4-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in December, when average flights hit 331. The busiest route from PVU is to AZA (Phoenix), with 3,602 flights at a 76.7% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 76.5% on-time, 97.6-minute average delay, 1.25% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Provo, UT.