On-Time Report

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Carrier month · May 2024

Alaska Airlines in May 2024

75.3%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 May 2024, Alaska Airlines (AS) reported 21,257 scheduled domestic flights. 75.3% arrived on time, 0.6% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 72.3% on time and 1.4% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 3.0 points above the combined figure.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 27%.

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

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

MeasureMay 2024Year earlierAS, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, May 2024
Arrived on time75.3%—78.5%72.3%
Departed on time78.1%—79.0%73.4%
Cancelled0.6%—1.2%1.4%
Average arrival delay5.9 min—2.9 min14.0 min
Scheduled flights a day709—82620,325
Scheduled flights21,257—301,435609,743

86 airports and 334 routes had AS flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SEA Seattle6,88171.6%7.8 min0.4%
ANC Anchorage1,31588.3%-4.4 min0.5%
PDX Portland1,30280.9%3.5 min0.6%
SFO San Francisco1,03171.6%7.4 min1.0%
SAN San Diego86077.7%4.5 min0.5%
LAX Los Angeles81782.1%1.2 min0.5%
LAS Las Vegas46376.2%6.9 min0.4%
PHX Phoenix40778.6%7.5 min0.2%
JNU Juneau39886.7%-3.0 min2.0%
HNL Honolulu34775.2%8.5 min0.3%
JFK New York34176.0%9.0 min0.6%
ORD Chicago32663.2%16.5 min0.0%
SNA Santa Ana32087.2%-1.5 min1.3%
EWR Newark30175.1%6.1 min0.0%
BOS Boston25672.7%4.1 min1.2%

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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, May 2024Minutes
Air carrier31.4%29.8%76,579
Late-arriving aircraft37.9%43.0%92,435
National Aviation System27.4%20.1%66,884
Extreme weather2.8%7.0%6,791
Security0.4%0.1%1,018
243,707 delay minutes on 5,086 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

What share of Alaska Airlines flights were on time in May 2024?

75.3% of 21,257 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 72.3% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.