Alaska Airlines in November 2024

82.4%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 November 2024, Alaska Airlines (AS) reported 19,462 scheduled domestic flights. 82.4% arrived on time, 0.6% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 84.8% on time and 0.5% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 2.4 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, it reported 19,255 flights with 82.7% on time: a change of −0.3 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 36%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and air carrier 28%.

On time 82.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.8%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	AS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Nov 2024
Arrived on time	82.4%	82.7%	78.5%	84.8%
Departed on time	85.4%	84.8%	79.0%	85.2%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.4%	1.2%	0.5%
Average arrival delay	0.3 min	-1.1 min	2.9 min	-0.3 min
Scheduled flights a day	649	642	826	19,180
Scheduled flights	19,462	19,255	301,435	575,404

86 airports and 342 routes had AS flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SEA Seattle	5,922	82.3%	0.1 min	0.4%
PDX Portland	1,600	83.1%	2.0 min	0.7%
SFO San Francisco	986	79.9%	3.4 min	0.9%
ANC Anchorage	941	86.4%	-2.6 min	1.3%
SAN San Diego	873	77.9%	4.1 min	0.5%
LAX Los Angeles	712	85.5%	-2.7 min	0.4%
LAS Las Vegas	446	76.5%	7.8 min	1.1%
PHX Phoenix	440	84.1%	2.7 min	0.2%
SNA Santa Ana	381	85.8%	-1.1 min	0.8%
HNL Honolulu	358	75.7%	1.3 min	0.8%
JFK New York	331	84.9%	-2.3 min	0.3%
JNU Juneau	321	86.0%	-5.7 min	1.6%
EWR Newark	301	68.8%	10.1 min	0.3%
SJC San Jose	267	88.0%	-6.5 min	0.7%
AUS Austin	247	78.9%	12.5 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	27.7%	36.9%	41,670
Late-arriving aircraft	33.8%	35.6%	50,717
National Aviation System	36.2%	21.9%	54,362
Extreme weather	1.9%	5.4%	2,907
Security	0.4%	0.2%	574

150,230 delay minutes on 3,270 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 November 2024?

82.4% of 19,462 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 84.8% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023 the carrier reported 19,255 flights with 82.7% on time and 0.4% cancelled, against 82.4% and 0.6% in November 2024.

Provenance

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