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OO5978

Denver (DEN) to Fresno (FAT) · scheduled 3:42 PM – 5:24 PM

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How OO5978 performs

475 operations, 2025-03-06 to 2026-06-24.

On-time arrivals
85.1%
404 of 475 completed
Cancellation rate
0.00%
0 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-9 min
Average 0.5 min
Severe delays
5.5%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
72 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
86.3%
Left the gate on time

OO5978 arrived on time 85.1% of the time, against 78.8% for all DENFAT flights — this specific departure is 6.3 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against SkyWest Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 4.1 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 475 operations between 2025-03-06 to 2026-06-24

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
OO597885.1%0.00%-9 min5.5%475
SkyWest Airlines on DENFAT81.0%0.18%-3 min5.0%2,196
All DENFAT flights78.8%0.18%-3 min5.9%4,356

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-03-06 to 2026-06-24

Other routes OO5978 has flown

A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.

RouteOperatedFlightsOn time
BIHDEN Bishop to Denver2024-12-192025-03-0540
ROAORD Roanoke to Chicago2024-11-302024-12-012
MSPORD Minneapolis to Chicago2024-07-062024-08-029

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route OO5978 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 475 records of OO5978 operating DENFAT, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.

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