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Ketchikan International Airport (KTN) delays & on-time performance

Ketchikan, Alaska · 4 nonstop destinations · 1 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at KTN right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.

On-time arrivals
82%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.9%
69 flights
Avg arrival delay
12 min
65 min when late
Departed on time
82%
avg taxi-out 11 min

Figures cover 2,392 departures from KTN; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into KTN were on time 81% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing Ketchikan International Airport (KTN) arrived on time 82% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
  • 2.9% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
  • Departures scheduled around 1pm did best (88% on time); around 11am did worst (69%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (66%).

Most delayed routes from KTN

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 4 routes from KTN →

Most reliable routes from KTN

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at KTN

Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
Alaska Airlines82%2.9%12 min42,392

Best time to fly out of KTN

On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).

  • 8am82%300 flts
  • 9am83%423 flts
  • 11am69%65 flts
  • 12pm86%253 flts
  • 1pm88%168 flts
  • 4pm72%71 flts
  • 5pm79%726 flts
  • 8pm86%362 flts

Monthly trend

50%75%100%July 2025: 73.8% on time, 1.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 69.1% on time, 1.3% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 84.3% on time, 1.9% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 90.7% on time, 2.6% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 84.5% on time, 4.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 66.5% on time, 6.6% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 74.8% on time, 12.6% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 83.3% on time, 4.8% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 72.5% on time, 1.6% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 86.6% on time, 0.6% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 93.1% on time, 0.5% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 89.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 87.4% on time, 0.8% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft66%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)20%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion8%
  • Extreme weather5%
  • Security0%

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.