On-Time Report

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Carrier month · February 2025

Alaska Airlines in February 2025

77.0%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 February 2025, Alaska Airlines (AS) reported 16,315 scheduled domestic flights. 77.0% arrived on time, 2.2% were cancelled and 0.3% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 77.9% on time and 1.5% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 0.9 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, it reported 16,863 flights with 81.8% on time: a change of −4.8 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, national aviation system 33% and air carrier 27%.

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by Alaska Airlines in February 2025.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

MeasureFeb 2025Feb 2024AS, 12 months to Jul 2026All carriers, Feb 2025
Arrived on time77.0%81.8%78.5%77.9%
Departed on time78.9%83.5%79.0%79.2%
Cancelled2.2%0.8%1.2%1.5%
Average arrival delay2.8 min-1.0 min2.9 min5.7 min
Scheduled flights a day54456282616,830
Scheduled flights16,31516,863301,435504,884

85 airports and 331 routes had AS flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

AirportDeparturesOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SEA Seattle5,01173.8%4.5 min2.1%
PDX Portland1,36781.1%0.4 min3.1%
ANC Anchorage94187.7%-3.6 min1.4%
SAN San Diego65173.7%4.1 min1.2%
SFO San Francisco64873.9%6.1 min2.2%
LAX Los Angeles59181.9%-2.0 min3.0%
PHX Phoenix44981.1%4.4 min2.0%
LAS Las Vegas41275.7%8.7 min2.9%
HNL Honolulu33672.6%4.0 min1.2%
SNA Santa Ana31082.9%-0.8 min4.8%
JNU Juneau30889.9%-7.4 min0.6%
MCO Orlando23980.3%2.2 min0.4%
FAI Fairbanks22087.7%-2.2 min0.5%
JFK New York21872.0%-0.9 min2.8%
SJC San Jose20582.9%-5.9 min3.4%

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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesAll carriers, Feb 2025Minutes
Air carrier26.7%33.9%47,557
Late-arriving aircraft34.8%36.9%62,012
National Aviation System32.6%22.5%57,993
Extreme weather5.4%6.6%9,634
Security0.4%0.1%757
177,953 delay minutes on 3,362 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 February 2025?

77.0% of 16,315 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 77.9% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024 the carrier reported 16,863 flights with 81.8% on time and 0.8% cancelled, against 77.0% and 2.2% in February 2025.

Provenance

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