Alaska Airlines in February 2024

81.8%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 February 2024, Alaska Airlines (AS) reported 16,863 scheduled domestic flights. 81.8% arrived on time, 0.8% were cancelled and 0.3% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 83.4% on time and 0.6% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 1.6 points below the combined figure.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, national aviation system 30% and air carrier 29%.

On time 81.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.0%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by Alaska Airlines in February 2024.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	AS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Feb 2024
Arrived on time	81.8%	—	78.5%	83.4%
Departed on time	83.5%	—	79.0%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	1.2%	0.6%
Average arrival delay	-1.0 min	—	2.9 min	0.6 min
Scheduled flights a day	562	—	826	17,307
Scheduled flights	16,863	—	301,435	519,221

84 airports and 329 routes had AS flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SEA Seattle	5,303	80.1%	1.0 min	0.4%
PDX Portland	1,266	81.2%	2.3 min	0.3%
ANC Anchorage	932	83.9%	-0.2 min	0.8%
SFO San Francisco	713	75.2%	6.0 min	1.1%
LAX Los Angeles	663	83.1%	-0.8 min	0.3%
SAN San Diego	627	84.1%	-3.5 min	1.3%
PHX Phoenix	429	85.8%	-2.0 min	0.2%
LAS Las Vegas	411	76.4%	5.6 min	0.7%
HNL Honolulu	336	74.7%	2.4 min	0.9%
SNA Santa Ana	334	87.4%	-5.4 min	0.9%
JNU Juneau	319	85.3%	-2.0 min	2.2%
MCO Orlando	242	81.8%	-0.1 min	0.0%
JFK New York	223	85.7%	-16.1 min	3.1%
AUS Austin	213	78.4%	0.9 min	1.9%
PSP Palm Springs	191	83.8%	-0.9 min	0.5%

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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	29.2%	35.9%	41,464
Late-arriving aircraft	36.4%	36.9%	51,661
National Aviation System	30.1%	21.7%	42,653
Extreme weather	3.7%	5.3%	5,195
Security	0.7%	0.3%	940

141,913 delay minutes on 2,869 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 February 2024?

81.8% of 16,863 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 83.4% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for Alaska Airlines · methodology · corrections.