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Airport · SLN · Salina, Kansas

Salina, KS

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Salina, KS (SLN) ranks #260 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Salina, KS posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

81.8%
On-time
Top 69%
on-time, US airports
115 min
Delay when late
0.91%
Cancelled
#260 of 382
Corpus placement
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SLN on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%81.8%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 95,349.

Late Aircraft 27.0% (25,698 min)
Carrier 56.2% (53,621 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 9.2% (8,784 min)
Weather 7.6% (7,246 min)
Security 0.0% (0 min)

SLN - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: March (94.8%) · worst: December (88.6%)

88%90%92%94%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 88.6%

SLN - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96% 202020212022202320242025 94.5% 91.1% ▼ -3.6%

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

Average taxi-out 15.9 min · taxi-in 5.5 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min Jan 24Dec 25 15.2 min 23 min ▲ +51.3%

SLN's average taxi-out (15.9 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 10.9 min (September 2024) to 25.8 min (January 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Salina, KS.

Cancellation Rate

0.91%

83 of 9,128 flights

Diversion Rate

0.25%

23 of 9,128 flights

Delay Rate

18.2%

1,663 of 9,128 flights

Top Routes from SLN

Busiest routes to and from Salina, KS.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
DEN (Denver) → SLN (Salina) 1,744 79.1% 383 mi
SLN (Salina) → ORD (Chicago) 1,380 80.9% 559 mi
SLN (Salina) → DEN (Denver) 1,102 85% 383 mi
SLN (Salina) → HYS (Hays) 965 83.9% 88 mi
HYS (Hays) → SLN (Salina) 869 82% 88 mi
ORD (Chicago) → SLN (Salina) 768 79.4% 559 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Salina, KS, both outside Kansas 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: 81.8%).

Sioux City, IA

Sioux City, IA

81.8% on-time 9,052 flights

Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix, AZ

81.7% on-time 2,030,209 flights

Oakland, CA

Oakland, CA

81.7% on-time 472,036 flights

San Antonio, TX

San Antonio, TX

81.7% on-time 419,736 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 9,128).

Longview, TX

Longview, TX

9,129 flights 86% on-time

State College, PA

State College, PA

9,139 flights 83.8% on-time

Decatur, IL

Decatur, IL

9,084 flights 84.5% on-time

Prescott, AZ

Prescott, AZ

9,056 flights 82.5% on-time

Other Airports in Kansas

Compare performance with other Kansas airports.

ICT 82.2%

Wichita, KS

Wichita · 109,987 flights
MHK 85.2%

Manhattan/Ft. Riley, KS

Manhattan/Ft. Riley · 15,042 flights
GCK 84.8%

Garden City, KS

Garden City · 8,568 flights
HYS 84.6%

Hays, KS

Hays · 8,353 flights
LBL 85.9%

Liberal, KS

Liberal · 7,285 flights
DDC 85.5%

Dodge City, KS

Dodge City · 7,255 flights

SLN delay-share reading

The standout signal at Salina, KS is the delay mix: Carrier owns 56.2% of 95,349 delay minutes across 9,128 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 81.8% (2.8 pts above the 79% national average), with 1,663 delayed and 83 cancelled (0.91%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (27.0% late-aircraft, 56.2% carrier, 9.2% NAS, 7.6% weather, 0.0% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, SLN is strongest in March (94.8% on-time) and weakest in December (88.6%), a 6.2-point swing. Volume peaks in May (~133 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DEN (Denver) at 79.1% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Kansas: Kansas 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 SLN's data

SLN'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 SLN before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in March rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 15.9 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.