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Carrier month · December 2024
Alaska Airlines in December 2024
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 December 2024, Alaska Airlines (AS) reported 20,027 scheduled domestic flights. 77.5% arrived on time, 0.6% were cancelled and 0.3% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 78.1% on time and 0.7% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 0.6 points below the combined figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, it reported 19,400 flights with 81.4% on time: a change of −3.9 points.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, national aviation system 27% and air carrier 26%.
- On time 77.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.6%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.3%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | AS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 77.5% | 81.4% | 78.5% | 78.1% |
| Departed on time | 77.9% | 81.4% | 79.0% | 77.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 0.7% | 1.2% | 0.7% |
| Average arrival delay | 4.0 min | -1.0 min | 2.9 min | 7.1 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 668 | 647 | 826 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled flights | 20,027 | 19,400 | 301,435 | 590,581 |
86 airports and 342 routes had AS flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA Seattle | 5,942 | 77.5% | 3.0 min | 0.4% |
| PDX Portland | 1,703 | 78.0% | 5.5 min | 0.4% |
| SFO San Francisco | 1,024 | 75.2% | 7.1 min | 0.4% |
| SAN San Diego | 956 | 65.7% | 19.5 min | 1.7% |
| ANC Anchorage | 951 | 81.1% | 0.8 min | 0.8% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 812 | 83.9% | -0.7 min | 0.5% |
| PHX Phoenix | 479 | 82.0% | 2.6 min | 0.8% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 459 | 73.9% | 10.1 min | 0.4% |
| HNL Honolulu | 385 | 74.5% | 3.5 min | 0.5% |
| SNA Santa Ana | 371 | 81.4% | 6.4 min | 0.0% |
| JFK New York | 356 | 80.1% | -5.3 min | 0.3% |
| JNU Juneau | 334 | 78.7% | 4.8 min | 2.1% |
| EWR Newark | 288 | 78.8% | -0.3 min | 1.0% |
| MCO Orlando | 246 | 66.7% | 15.1 min | 0.0% |
| SJC San Jose | 219 | 88.6% | -7.2 min | 0.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Alaska Airlines flights were on time in December 2024?
77.5% of 20,027 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 78.1% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023 the carrier reported 19,400 flights with 81.4% on time and 0.7% cancelled, against 77.5% and 0.6% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.