Alaska Airlines on-time performance
495 routes · 91 airports · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
80%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.2%
3,488 flights
Avg arrival delay
12 min
52 min when late
US airline rank
#4 of 14
by on-time arrival
Key facts
- Alaska Airlines flights arrived on time 80% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1.2% were cancelled, and 5% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 14 US airlines for on-time arrivals.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (38%).
Monthly trend
Alaska Airlines's most delayed routes
Alaska Airlines's most reliable routes
Alaska Airlines at its biggest airports
Departures operated by this airline at each airport.
| Airport | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Departures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA Seattle | 78% | 0.9% | 12 min | 76,779 |
| PDX Portland | 83% | 0.6% | 9 min | 23,990 |
| HNL Honolulu | 77% | 1.4% | 13 min | 20,682 |
| ANC Anchorage | 86% | 1.2% | 9 min | 14,985 |
| SAN San Diego | 79% | 1.3% | 13 min | 13,044 |
| SFO San Francisco | 76% | 1.0% | 14 min | 10,524 |
| OGG Kahului | 76% | 1.1% | 13 min | 9,923 |
| LAX Los Angeles | 81% | 0.8% | 11 min | 9,630 |
| LAS Las Vegas | 79% | 1.0% | 14 min | 6,926 |
| KOA Kona | 80% | 1.3% | 12 min | 6,768 |
| LIH Lihue | 78% | 1.7% | 12 min | 6,469 |
| PHX Phoenix | 85% | 0.6% | 9 min | 5,634 |
| JNU Juneau | 82% | 2.1% | 12 min | 4,575 |
| SNA Santa Ana | 90% | 1.1% | 6 min | 4,373 |
| JFK New York | 72% | 2.6% | 20 min | 3,991 |
Why flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft38%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)33%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion24%
- Extreme weather4%
- Security0%
Why flights were cancelled
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)56%
- Extreme weather37%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion7%
- Security0%
Busiest Alaska Airlines routes
- SEA → ANC 76%
- ANC → SEA 86%
- OGG → HNL 77%
- HNL → OGG 78%
- LIH → HNL 78%
- HNL → LIH 78%
- SEA → LAX 81%
- LAX → SEA 85%
- KOA → HNL 78%
- HNL → KOA 82%
- SEA → PHX 79%
- PHX → SEA 85%
- SEA → SAN 74%
- SAN → SEA 78%
- SFO → SEA 70%
- SEA → SFO 58%
- HNL → ITO 79%
- ITO → HNL 75%
- SEA → LAS 79%
- LAS → SEA 83%
- SEA → SNA 86%
- SNA → SEA 88%
- SEA → SJC 81%
- SJC → SEA 81%
- LAX → PDX 90%
- PDX → LAX 86%
- SEA → FAI 78%
- FAI → SEA 84%
- ORD → SEA 67%
- SEA → ORD 73%
- SEA → GEG 78%
- GEG → SEA 81%
- SEA → DFW 81%
- DFW → SEA 76%
- SEA → BUR 80%
- BUR → SEA 84%
- SAN → PDX 86%
- PDX → SAN 77%
- PDX → LAS 84%
- LAS → PDX 84%
- DEN → SEA 75%
- SEA → DEN 78%
- PDX → SNA 91%
- SNA → PDX 93%
- HNL → SEA 71%
- SEA → HNL 62%
- JNU → SEA 80%
- SEA → JNU 79%
- SEA → SLC 80%
- SLC → SEA 77%
- ANC → FAI 89%
- FAI → ANC 86%
- PDX → PHX 83%
- PHX → PDX 86%
- SEA → JFK 75%
- JFK → SEA 68%
- SFO → PDX 79%
- PDX → SFO 70%
- SEA → SMF 80%
- SMF → SEA 80%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.