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Alaska Airlines SEA to SFO on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
58%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.2%
32 flights
Avg arrival delay
24 min
53 min when late
Rank on route
#5 of 5
route average 62% on time

Key facts

  • Alaska Airlines flights on SEA to SFO arrived on time 58% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.2% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #5 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 62% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (58%).

On-time trend by month

20%60%100%July 2025: 58.1% on time, 2.9% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 62.5% on time, 1.5% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 66.9% on time, 1.6% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 68.8% on time, 2.2% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 67.7% on time, 1.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 58.3% on time, 0.5% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 78.4% on time, 0.5% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 75.1% on time, 0.5% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 76.6% on time, 3.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 44.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 34.9% on time, 1.4% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 37.3% on time, 1.2% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 33.5% on time, 0.7% 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 congestion58%
  • Late-arriving aircraft21%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)17%
  • Extreme weather5%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on SEA to SFO

Full SEA to SFO comparison →
Alaska Airlines on-time record across all routes →

2,710 Alaska Airlines flights tracked on this route; 32 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.