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Airport · SGU · St. George, Utah

St. George, UT

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), St. George, UT (SGU) ranks #165 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). St. George, UT posts top-10% on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

88%
On-time
Top 10%
on-time, US airports
87 min
Delay when late
0.30%
Cancelled
#165 of 382
Corpus placement
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SGU on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%88%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 216,221.

Late Aircraft 21.5% (46,453 min)
Carrier 58.2% (125,851 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 9.5% (20,553 min)
Weather 10.7% (23,080 min)
Security 0.1% (284 min)

SGU - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (95.8%) · worst: July (92.2%)

92%93%94%95%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 95.4%

SGU - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

93%94%95%96%97%98% 202020212022202320242025 96.8% 93.9% ▼ -3.0%

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

Average taxi-out 18.8 min · taxi-in 3.7 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

16 min18 min20 min22 min Jan 24Dec 25 20.4 min 20.7 min ▲ +1.5%

SGU's average taxi-out (18.8 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 16.5 min (March 2024) to 21.5 min (February 2024).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for St. George, UT.

Cancellation Rate

0.30%

117 of 39,026 flights

Diversion Rate

0.12%

47 of 39,026 flights

Delay Rate

12.0%

4,697 of 39,026 flights

Top Routes from SGU

Busiest routes to and from St. George, UT.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
SGU (St. George) → SLC (Salt Lake City) 8,487 92.6% 272 mi
SLC (Salt Lake City) → SGU (St. George) 8,487 91.2% 272 mi
SGU (St. George) → DEN (Denver) 4,671 82.2% 517 mi
DEN (Denver) → SGU (St. George) 4,670 80.9% 517 mi
SGU (St. George) → PHX (Phoenix) 4,076 85.1% 262 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → SGU (St. George) 4,075 86.3% 262 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → SGU (St. George) 1,342 79.4% 976 mi
SGU (St. George) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 1,311 78.2% 976 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for St. George, 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: 88%).

Bemidji, MN

Bemidji, MN

88% on-time 8,666 flights

Muskegon, MI

Muskegon, MI

88% on-time 3,627 flights

Yakima, WA

Yakima, WA

88% on-time 2,733 flights

Dothan, AL

Dothan, AL

88.1% on-time 8,886 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 39,026).

Gulfport/Biloxi, MS

Gulfport/Biloxi, MS

38,923 flights 86% on-time

Gainesville, FL

Gainesville, FL

38,353 flights 85.9% on-time

Eagle, CO

Eagle, CO

37,271 flights 78% on-time

Lafayette, LA

Lafayette, LA

37,254 flights 83.2% 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
PVU 76.5%

Provo, UT

Provo · 20,217 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

SGU delay-share reading

The standout signal at St. George, UT is the delay mix: Carrier owns 58.2% of 216,221 delay minutes across 39,026 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 88% (9 pts above the 79% national average), with 4,697 delayed and 117 cancelled (0.30%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (21.5% late-aircraft, 58.2% carrier, 9.5% NAS, 10.7% weather, 0.1% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, SGU is strongest in September (95.8% on-time) and weakest in July (92.2%), a 3.6-point swing. Volume peaks in October (~662 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to SLC (Salt Lake City) at 92.6% 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 SGU's data

SGU's on-time book is stronger than most peers; the remaining risk sits in the delay mix, not a weak headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from SGU before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in September rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 18.8 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. 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.