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Carrier month · July 2024

Alaska Airlines in July 2024

73.3%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 July 2024, Alaska Airlines (AS) reported 23,884 scheduled domestic flights. 73.3% arrived on time, 0.9% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 68.1% on time and 2.9% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 5.2 points above the combined figure.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 26%.

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

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

MeasureJul 2024Year earlierAS, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, Jul 2024
Arrived on time73.3%—78.5%68.1%
Departed on time76.2%—79.0%68.5%
Cancelled0.9%—1.2%2.9%
Average arrival delay7.4 min—2.9 min18.1 min
Scheduled flights a day796—82621,154
Scheduled flights23,884—301,435634,613

89 airports and 330 routes had AS flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SEA Seattle7,67269.9%9.0 min0.8%
ANC Anchorage1,61076.8%4.1 min1.2%
PDX Portland1,43580.0%3.4 min0.8%
SFO San Francisco1,28371.0%8.3 min1.2%
SAN San Diego1,03172.9%7.3 min0.9%
LAX Los Angeles89778.9%4.8 min0.6%
JNU Juneau49676.2%4.7 min1.2%
LAS Las Vegas46873.7%9.7 min1.9%
HNL Honolulu40379.2%0.7 min1.0%
ORD Chicago38863.9%15.5 min0.5%
JFK New York37275.5%5.4 min0.8%
PHX Phoenix37268.3%10.9 min0.5%
SNA Santa Ana32787.8%-3.1 min1.2%
BOS Boston31070.3%5.2 min0.3%
EWR Newark29963.9%17.8 min1.3%

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, Jul 2024Minutes
Air carrier29.1%36.6%85,048
Late-arriving aircraft41.5%42.7%121,046
National Aviation System25.6%16.0%74,840
Extreme weather3.3%4.6%9,706
Security0.4%0.1%1,274
291,914 delay minutes on 6,128 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 July 2024?

73.3% of 23,884 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 68.1% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.