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Airport · PVU · Provo, Utah

Provo, UT

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Provo, UT (PVU) ranks #208 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Provo, UT posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

76.5%
On-time
Top 94%
on-time, US airports
98 min
Delay when late
1.25%
Cancelled
#208 of 382
Corpus placement
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PVU on-time rate vs. the national average

Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%76.5%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 190,335.

Late Aircraft 21.5% (40,872 min)
Carrier 50.2% (95,461 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 18.1% (34,453 min)
Weather 10.2% (19,363 min)
Security 0.1% (186 min)

PVU - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (92.9%) · worst: July (89.2%)

89%90%91%92%93%94% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 89.9%

PVU - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

86%88%90%92%94% 202020212022202320242025 93.2% 91.8% ▼ -1.5%

PVU - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 19.8 min · taxi-in 6.2 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

15 min20 min25 min30 min Jan 24Dec 25 23.6 min 19.1 min ▼ -19.1%

PVU's average taxi-out (19.8 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is January 2025 at 25.6 min; the lightest is September 2024 at 16.3 min.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Provo, UT.

Cancellation Rate

1.25%

252 of 20,217 flights

Diversion Rate

0.16%

32 of 20,217 flights

Delay Rate

23.5%

4,756 of 20,217 flights

Top Routes from PVU

Busiest routes to and from Provo, UT.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
PVU (Provo) → AZA (Phoenix) 3,602 76.7% 477 mi
AZA (Phoenix) → PVU (Provo) 3,593 73.3% 477 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → PVU (Provo) 1,167 68.6% 958 mi
PVU (Provo) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 1,167 78.3% 958 mi
SNA (Santa Ana) → PVU (Provo) 639 64.8% 565 mi
PVU (Provo) → SNA (Santa Ana) 638 84.6% 565 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Provo, UT, both outside Utah so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 76.5%).

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Fort Lauderdale, FL

76.4% on-time 1,010,982 flights

Belleville, IL

Belleville, IL

76.4% on-time 14,072 flights

Santa Maria, CA

Santa Maria, CA

76.6% on-time 2,193 flights

Orlando, FL

Orlando, FL

76.7% on-time 1,718,833 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 20,217).

Saginaw/Bay City/Midland, MI

Saginaw/Bay City/Midland, MI

20,046 flights 84.1% on-time

Yuma, AZ

Yuma, AZ

20,032 flights 86.8% on-time

Columbia, MO

Columbia, MO

19,935 flights 80.3% on-time

Arcata/Eureka, CA

Arcata/Eureka, CA

20,571 flights 84.4% on-time

Other Airports in Utah

Compare performance with other Utah airports.

SLC 85.8%

Salt Lake City, UT

Salt Lake City · 1,319,985 flights
SGU 88%

St. George, UT

St. George · 39,026 flights
CDC 92%

Cedar City, UT

Cedar City · 7,071 flights
CNY 87.3%

Moab, UT

Moab · 5,341 flights
VEL 86.8%

Vernal, UT

Vernal · 4,784 flights
OGD 76.8%

Ogden, UT

Ogden · 457 flights

PVU delay-share reading

The standout signal at Provo, UT is the delay mix: Carrier owns 50.2% of 190,335 delay minutes across 20,217 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 76.5% (2.5 pts below the 79% national average), with 4,756 delayed and 252 cancelled (1.25%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (21.5% late-aircraft, 50.2% carrier, 18.1% NAS, 10.2% weather, 0.1% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, PVU is strongest in September (92.9% on-time) and weakest in July (89.2%), a 3.7-point swing. Volume peaks in December (~331 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to AZA (Phoenix) at 76.7% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Utah: Utah flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using PVU's data

PVU's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from PVU before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in September rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. January 2025 averaged 25.6 min. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.