Alaska Airlines in October 2024

82.2%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 2024, Alaska Airlines (AS) reported 20,503 scheduled domestic flights. 82.2% arrived on time, 0.8% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 85.8% on time and 1.0% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 3.6 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, it reported 20,306 flights with 85.2% on time: a change of −3.0 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 33%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 30%.

On time 82.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.8%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	AS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Oct 2024
Arrived on time	82.2%	85.2%	78.5%	85.8%
Departed on time	84.9%	86.8%	79.0%	85.5%
Cancelled	0.8%	0.2%	1.2%	1.0%
Average arrival delay	0.3 min	-1.9 min	2.9 min	-1.3 min
Scheduled flights a day	683	677	826	20,517
Scheduled flights	20,503	20,306	301,435	615,497

85 airports and 326 routes had AS flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SEA Seattle	6,543	80.0%	2.3 min	0.5%
PDX Portland	1,545	85.8%	0.1 min	0.8%
ANC Anchorage	1,062	83.3%	2.3 min	1.4%
SFO San Francisco	941	80.7%	0.1 min	0.4%
SAN San Diego	890	68.7%	10.7 min	1.7%
LAX Los Angeles	759	87.2%	-3.5 min	0.4%
LAS Las Vegas	491	79.2%	5.4 min	0.2%
PHX Phoenix	411	90.5%	-4.5 min	0.0%
HNL Honolulu	373	74.8%	5.2 min	0.5%
SNA Santa Ana	372	89.0%	-4.1 min	0.8%
JNU Juneau	341	85.6%	-4.9 min	2.9%
EWR Newark	300	84.3%	-4.7 min	1.3%
JFK New York	286	87.1%	-9.0 min	0.3%
SJC San Jose	283	89.8%	-6.1 min	0.4%
AUS Austin	253	82.6%	-0.5 min	0.0%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.5%	42.7%	49,401
Late-arriving aircraft	33.4%	37.4%	52,403
National Aviation System	30.1%	16.3%	47,222
Extreme weather	4.3%	3.4%	6,683
Security	0.7%	0.2%	1,052

156,761 delay minutes on 3,436 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 2024?

82.2% of 20,503 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 85.8% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023 the carrier reported 20,306 flights with 85.2% on time and 0.2% cancelled, against 82.2% and 0.8% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.