What is the historical operational record at Salina Municipal Airport?

Flights from Salina Municipal Airport (SLN) departed within 15 minutes of schedule 84% of the time across 5,079 historical flights in BTS coverage.

Salina · SLN · United States

How reliable is Salina Municipal Airport?

Flights from SLN departed within 15 minutes of schedule in 84% of 5,079 flights in official BTS history. Here’s the full picture before you book.

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Reliability score

on-time, cancellations & delays

IATA / ICAO

SLN · KSLN

Coordinates

38.79, -97.65

Nearby airports

MHK93 km ICT128 km

Photo: United States Geological Survey (USGS) / Public domain

Origin-airport operations

What the departure punctuality at SLN looks like

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On-time departures

across 5,079 flights

84%

On-time departures

within 15 min of schedule

1.8%

Cancellation rate

of scheduled departures

15 min

Avg. departure delay

across delayed flights

5,079

Flights analyzed

medium confidence

Source: BTS Airport Operations · data through 2026-09-08. Role-specific BTS departure history; advisory context, not a guarantee for any flight.

Weather by month

Weather history isn’t available for SLN yet

PlaneSane shows month-by-month airport weather once enough historical METAR/IEM observations are loaded for the airport. This does not mean the airport has no weather data forever; it means the current climatology table has no monthly coverage for Salina Municipal Airport.

The read on SLN

What the numbers say about flying through Salina Municipal Airport

Across official performance history, flights from Salina left within 15 minutes of schedule about 84% of the time over 5,079 flights. That's a solid, better-than-average operational record. Pair it with a moderate cancellation rate of 1.8%. When a departure does run late, the typical delay is around 15 minutes.

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Common questions about SLN

How reliable is Salina Municipal Airport (SLN)?: Flights from Salina left within 15 minutes of schedule roughly 84% of the time across 5,079 flights of official history — a solid, better-than-average operational record. The cancellation rate runs about 1.8%. It's advisory context, not a guarantee for any single flight.

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