Alaska Airlines in February 2026

81.7%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 2026, Alaska Airlines (AS) reported 24,013 scheduled domestic flights. 81.7% arrived on time, 1.2% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 78.3% on time and 2.3% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 3.4 points above the combined figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, it reported 16,315 flights with 77.0% on time: a change of +4.7 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 81.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.9%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled domestic flight reported by Alaska Airlines in February 2026.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the carrier's year and all carriers

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	AS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Feb 2026
Arrived on time	81.7%	77.0%	78.5%	78.3%
Departed on time	81.7%	78.9%	79.0%	78.1%
Cancelled	1.2%	2.2%	1.2%	2.3%
Average arrival delay	-0.4 min	2.8 min	2.9 min	4.3 min
Scheduled flights a day	800	544	826	17,168
Scheduled flights	24,013	16,315	301,435	515,037

87 airports and 398 routes had AS flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SEA Seattle	5,325	83.5%	-1.9 min	0.6%
HNL Honolulu	2,706	76.5%	7.9 min	1.3%
PDX Portland	1,847	84.1%	-1.2 min	0.7%
OGG Kahului	1,196	69.7%	9.3 min	1.0%
ANC Anchorage	1,038	84.7%	-3.8 min	1.3%
SAN San Diego	934	84.6%	-4.6 min	1.1%
KOA Kona	769	78.9%	5.0 min	1.0%
LIH Lihue	754	73.6%	6.5 min	3.1%
LAX Los Angeles	697	82.4%	-2.6 min	0.9%
SFO San Francisco	676	86.8%	-5.2 min	1.5%
LAS Las Vegas	601	88.4%	-4.6 min	0.2%
PHX Phoenix	471	90.7%	-7.1 min	0.0%
ITO Hilo	376	78.5%	8.0 min	0.3%
SNA Santa Ana	339	92.0%	-12.1 min	0.9%
JNU Juneau	308	76.0%	-1.0 min	2.6%

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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	42.0%	38.2%	83,307
Late-arriving aircraft	34.6%	37.2%	68,479
National Aviation System	17.3%	18.5%	34,355
Extreme weather	5.7%	6.0%	11,376
Security	0.3%	0.2%	638

198,155 delay minutes on 4,057 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 February 2026?

81.7% of 24,013 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 78.3% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025 the carrier reported 16,315 flights with 77.0% on time and 2.2% cancelled, against 81.7% and 1.2% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for Alaska Airlines · methodology · corrections.