Alaska Airlines in October 2023

85.2%arrived on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In October 2023, Alaska Airlines (AS) reported 20,306 scheduled domestic flights. 85.2% arrived on time, 0.2% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 84.0% on time and 0.4% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 1.2 points above the combined figure.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 26%.

On time 85.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.3%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by Alaska Airlines in October 2023.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	AS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Oct 2023
Arrived on time	85.2%	—	78.5%	84.0%
Departed on time	86.8%	—	79.0%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	1.2%	0.4%
Average arrival delay	-1.9 min	—	2.9 min	1.2 min
Scheduled flights a day	677	—	826	19,966
Scheduled flights	20,306	—	301,435	598,968

85 airports and 312 routes had AS flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SEA Seattle	6,763	82.8%	0.8 min	0.0%
PDX Portland	1,388	88.7%	-1.9 min	0.2%
ANC Anchorage	1,012	85.6%	-2.4 min	0.8%
SFO San Francisco	944	86.4%	-4.7 min	0.0%
SAN San Diego	752	84.7%	-1.9 min	0.1%
LAX Los Angeles	707	84.0%	-1.3 min	0.0%
LAS Las Vegas	415	77.1%	6.8 min	0.2%
PHX Phoenix	405	90.9%	-6.2 min	0.0%
SNA Santa Ana	399	90.5%	-5.1 min	0.5%
HNL Honolulu	372	83.3%	-0.2 min	0.0%
JFK New York	372	87.6%	-9.6 min	0.0%
JNU Juneau	341	85.9%	2.3 min	2.3%
EWR Newark	325	86.5%	-8.4 min	0.0%
SJC San Jose	284	90.1%	-7.1 min	0.0%
ORD Chicago	257	82.9%	-3.0 min	0.4%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of AS flights that arrived on time, by scheduled departure hour (local time at each origin), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	36.7%	41.3%	48,924
Late-arriving aircraft	33.6%	40.5%	44,718
National Aviation System	26.4%	14.4%	35,119
Extreme weather	2.7%	3.7%	3,639
Security	0.6%	0.2%	741

133,141 delay minutes on 2,906 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

What share of Alaska Airlines flights were on time in October 2023?

85.2% of 20,306 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 84.0% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the carrier did not report that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for Alaska Airlines · methodology · corrections.