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Carrier month · August 2025
Alaska Airlines in August 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 August 2025, Alaska Airlines (AS) reported 22,976 scheduled domestic flights. 71.9% arrived on time, 1.1% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.
All reporting carriers together recorded 76.3% on time and 1.1% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 4.4 points below the combined figure.
A year earlier, in August 2024, it reported 23,265 flights with 73.8% on time: a change of −1.9 points.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 71.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.8%
- Cancelled 1.1%
- Diverted 0.2%
August 2025 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers
| Measure | Aug 2025 | Aug 2024 | AS, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All carriers, Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 71.9% | 73.8% | 78.5% | 76.3% |
| Departed on time | 74.2% | 76.6% | 79.0% | 76.8% |
| Cancelled | 1.1% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 1.1% |
| Average arrival delay | 8.2 min | 7.7 min | 2.9 min | 9.2 min |
| Scheduled flights a day | 766 | 776 | 826 | 20,079 |
| Scheduled flights | 22,976 | 23,265 | 301,435 | 602,378 |
87 airports and 338 routes had AS flights that month.
Busiest airports that month
| Airport | Departures | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEA Seattle | 7,258 | 66.3% | 11.4 min | 0.9% |
| PDX Portland | 1,743 | 79.9% | 5.0 min | 0.7% |
| ANC Anchorage | 1,484 | 79.7% | 3.0 min | 1.5% |
| SAN San Diego | 990 | 68.0% | 11.5 min | 1.8% |
| SFO San Francisco | 964 | 73.9% | 8.9 min | 0.6% |
| LAX Los Angeles | 685 | 82.2% | 1.1 min | 0.4% |
| JNU Juneau | 484 | 78.7% | 3.4 min | 1.9% |
| LAS Las Vegas | 470 | 77.2% | 5.2 min | 0.2% |
| PHX Phoenix | 407 | 77.6% | 3.8 min | 1.5% |
| SNA Santa Ana | 386 | 81.9% | 0.1 min | 1.3% |
| JFK New York | 329 | 66.9% | 14.7 min | 0.9% |
| ORD Chicago | 327 | 69.7% | 7.6 min | 1.5% |
| EWR Newark | 291 | 74.6% | 5.0 min | 1.0% |
| BOS Boston | 287 | 76.0% | 0.6 min | 0.0% |
| GEG Spokane | 259 | 78.0% | 6.6 min | 1.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
What share of Alaska Airlines flights were on time in August 2025?
71.9% of 22,976 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 76.3% that month.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2024 the carrier reported 23,265 flights with 73.8% on time and 1.1% cancelled, against 71.9% and 1.1% in August 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.