Alaska Airlines in October 2025

78.2%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 October 2025, Alaska Airlines (AS) reported 20,637 scheduled domestic flights. 78.2% arrived on time, 2.1% were cancelled and 0.3% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 79.1% on time and 0.5% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 0.9 points below the combined figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, it reported 20,503 flights with 82.2% on time: a change of −4.0 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 35%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 28%.

On time 78.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.5%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	AS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Oct 2025
Arrived on time	78.2%	82.2%	78.5%	79.1%
Departed on time	80.2%	84.9%	79.0%	80.0%
Cancelled	2.1%	0.8%	1.2%	0.5%
Average arrival delay	2.9 min	0.3 min	2.9 min	5.6 min
Scheduled flights a day	688	683	826	20,195
Scheduled flights	20,637	20,503	301,435	605,844

86 airports and 333 routes had AS flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SEA Seattle	6,181	77.9%	2.3 min	2.2%
PDX Portland	1,864	77.4%	4.6 min	1.2%
ANC Anchorage	1,130	85.4%	-3.2 min	1.9%
SAN San Diego	1,083	77.5%	3.4 min	1.8%
SFO San Francisco	818	75.7%	5.2 min	1.5%
LAX Los Angeles	621	87.9%	-6.5 min	1.8%
PHX Phoenix	508	81.3%	2.7 min	1.6%
LAS Las Vegas	495	70.5%	11.7 min	3.4%
SNA Santa Ana	364	85.7%	-4.6 min	2.5%
JNU Juneau	350	84.3%	-2.8 min	2.3%
JFK New York	338	62.4%	16.2 min	1.8%
EWR Newark	301	66.1%	11.7 min	1.7%
ORD Chicago	292	63.4%	8.9 min	2.4%
GEG Spokane	239	82.4%	2.6 min	2.1%
BOS Boston	237	72.6%	7.2 min	3.0%

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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	34.8%	34.0%	78,075
Late-arriving aircraft	34.8%	39.7%	78,086
National Aviation System	27.7%	22.9%	62,126
Extreme weather	2.5%	3.3%	5,664
Security	0.3%	0.1%	616

224,567 delay minutes on 4,014 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 October 2025?

78.2% of 20,637 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 79.1% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024 the carrier reported 20,503 flights with 82.2% on time and 0.8% cancelled, against 78.2% and 2.1% in October 2025.

Provenance

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