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Alaska Airlines IAD to SEA on-time performance

Alaska Airlines nonstop flights from Washington to Seattle · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
75%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.2%
10 flights
Avg arrival delay
13 min
49 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 3
route average 78% on time

Key facts

  • Alaska Airlines flights on IAD to SEA arrived on time 75% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.2% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 78% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (37%).

On-time trend by month

10%55%100%July 2025: 68.1% on time, 1.1% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 82.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 92.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 83.8% on time, 2.6% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 62.5% on time, 5.1% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 21.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 69.4% on time, 2.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 80.6% on time, 2.7% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 54.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 77.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 84.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 77.3% on time, 2.2% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 84.4% on time, 1.1% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion37%
  • Late-arriving aircraft26%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)24%
  • Extreme weather11%
  • Security2%

Other airlines on IAD to SEA

835 Alaska Airlines flights tracked on this route; 10 cancelled, 1 diverted.

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.