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Carrier month · January 2025
Alaska Airlines in January 2025
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 January 2025, Alaska Airlines (AS) reported 18,163 scheduled domestic flights. 81.0% arrived on time, 1.3% were cancelled and 0.4% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 78.6% on time and 3.0% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 2.4 points above the combined figure.
A year earlier, in January 2024, it reported 17,775 flights with 59.1% on time: a change of +21.9 points.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 25%.
- On time 81.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.3%
- Cancelled 1.3%
- Diverted 0.4%
January 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Jan 2025 | Jan 2024 | AS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 81.0% | 59.1% | 78.5% | 78.6% |
| Departed on time | 82.2% | 59.5% | 79.0% | 79.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.3% | 17.5% | 1.2% | 3.0% |
| Average arrival delay | -0.1 min | 10.4 min | 2.9 min | 3.8 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 605 | 593 | 826 | 17,992 |
| Scheduled flights | 18,163 | 17,775 | 301,435 | 539,747 |
85 airports and 357 routes had AS flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA Seattle | 5,586 | 81.0% | -0.4 min | 0.9% |
| PDX Portland | 1,531 | 85.2% | -1.6 min | 1.0% |
| ANC Anchorage | 1,026 | 82.7% | -0.1 min | 2.0% |
| SFO San Francisco | 780 | 84.7% | -0.1 min | 0.0% |
| SAN San Diego | 738 | 82.1% | 1.5 min | 0.9% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 657 | 85.7% | -5.4 min | 0.3% |
| PHX Phoenix | 463 | 86.6% | -0.3 min | 0.2% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 438 | 76.7% | 8.4 min | 0.0% |
| HNL Honolulu | 377 | 71.9% | 6.9 min | 3.4% |
| SNA Santa Ana | 359 | 85.0% | 2.6 min | 1.4% |
| JNU Juneau | 334 | 79.9% | -1.2 min | 2.4% |
| MCO Orlando | 253 | 73.9% | 2.8 min | 0.0% |
| FAI Fairbanks | 241 | 84.6% | -1.3 min | 0.8% |
| JFK New York | 228 | 91.2% | -14.7 min | 0.0% |
| SJC San Jose | 223 | 91.5% | -8.8 min | 1.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Alaska Airlines flights were on time in January 2025?
81.0% of 18,163 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 78.6% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2024 the carrier reported 17,775 flights with 59.1% on time and 17.5% cancelled, against 81.0% and 1.3% in January 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for Alaska Airlines · methodology · corrections.