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FAI → SEA

Fairbanks International Airport Seattle–Tacoma International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
82.1%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
1.0%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
72 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
2,253
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 42%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 36%
  • Air traffic control & airport 19%
  • Extreme weather 3%
  • Security 0%

Share of delay minutes airlines attributed to each cause (BTS).

On-time arrivals by month
Sep 2025 Aug 2026
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MonthOn timeFlights
September 2025 82.6% 236
October 2025 80.4% 164
November 2025 82.5% 166
December 2025 67.0% 200
January 2026 76.2% 192
February 2026 73.1% 168
March 2026 83.2% 179
April 2026 92.7% 150
May 2026 91.9% 173
June 2026 89.4% 199
July 2026 81.9% 217
August 2026 86.0% 209

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data, September 2025 – August 2026. Covers flights operated by reporting U.S. carriers. About our data

Airlines on this route

AirlineFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg. delay when late
Alaska Airlines 1,779 83.7% 0.6% 58 min
Delta Air Lines 474 76.0% 2.5% 107 min

Delay odds by flight

How often each flight number arrived 15 or more minutes late over the last year.

  • DL2408

    25% late · 353 flights

  • AS210

    18% late · 328 flights

  • AS140

    13% late · 197 flights

  • AS106

    19% late · 195 flights

  • AS168

    27% late · 169 flights

  • DL1061

    21% late · 121 flights

  • AS1508

    27% late · 70 flights

  • AS1509

    7% late · 70 flights

  • AS275

    4% late · 70 flights

  • AS107

    9% late · 66 flights

  • AS156

    16% late · 55 flights

  • AS288

    12% late · 49 flights

  • AS1839

    9% late · 48 flights

  • AS285

    5% late · 40 flights

  • AS328

    9% late · 36 flights

  • AS493

    20% late · 35 flights

  • AS362

    22% late · 34 flights

  • AS129

    27% late · 33 flights

  • AS149

    25% late · 33 flights

  • AS234

    18% late · 33 flights

  • AS113

    17% late · 30 flights

  • AS292

    0% late · 28 flights

  • AS291

    26% late · 27 flights

  • AS1531

    5% late · 22 flights

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