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SEA → FAI

Seattle–Tacoma International Airport Fairbanks International Airport

How punctual is this route?

On-time arrivals
79.0%
Less than 15 minutes late
Cancelled
0.8%
Of scheduled flights
Average delay when late
55 min
Flights arriving 15+ minutes late
Flights tracked
2,254
Scheduled flights in the period

What caused the delays

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning) 49%
  • Late-arriving aircraft 28%
  • Air traffic control & airport 17%
  • Extreme weather 5%
  • 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 87.7% 235
October 2025 81.0% 165
November 2025 88.6% 166
December 2025 54.8% 201
January 2026 81.0% 191
February 2026 86.2% 168
March 2026 72.4% 178
April 2026 86.0% 150
May 2026 81.5% 174
June 2026 80.5% 200
July 2026 70.6% 217
August 2026 81.6% 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 1,780 79.6% 0.4% 50 min
Delta Air Lines 474 77.1% 2.1% 74 min

Delay odds by flight

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

  • DL2186

    21% late · 353 flights

  • AS174

    21% late · 232 flights

  • AS106

    22% late · 229 flights

  • AS112

    13% late · 194 flights

  • AS167

    26% late · 146 flights

  • DL1061

    28% late · 121 flights

  • AS284

    22% late · 111 flights

  • AS125

    22% late · 70 flights

  • AS1507

    26% late · 70 flights

  • AS1512

    10% late · 70 flights

  • AS1552

    27% late · 70 flights

  • AS102

    26% late · 65 flights

  • AS1880

    30% late · 55 flights

  • AS402

    16% late · 49 flights

  • AS374

    13% late · 48 flights

  • AS461

    8% late · 36 flights

  • AS495

    26% late · 34 flights

  • AS97

    21% late · 33 flights

  • AS111

    45% late · 31 flights

  • AS115

    14% late · 28 flights

  • AS376

    14% late · 28 flights

  • AS418

    11% late · 28 flights

  • AS276

    0% late · 21 flights

  • AS421

    19% late · 21 flights

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