Alaska Airlines in March 2026

76.4%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 March 2026, Alaska Airlines (AS) reported 27,793 scheduled domestic flights. 76.4% arrived on time, 1.9% were cancelled and 0.4% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 73.2% on time and 2.9% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 3.2 points above the combined figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, it reported 18,925 flights with 80.3% on time: a change of −3.9 points.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 76.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.4%
Cancelled 1.9%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	AS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Mar 2026
Arrived on time	76.4%	80.3%	78.5%	73.2%
Departed on time	77.2%	82.2%	79.0%	72.8%
Cancelled	1.9%	0.6%	1.2%	2.9%
Average arrival delay	4.8 min	1.2 min	2.9 min	10.6 min
Scheduled flights a day	926	631	826	20,403
Scheduled flights	27,793	18,925	301,435	612,102

88 airports and 413 routes had AS flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SEA Seattle	6,169	77.5%	2.5 min	1.7%
HNL Honolulu	2,911	69.3%	13.0 min	3.2%
PDX Portland	2,176	86.1%	-1.9 min	0.7%
OGG Kahului	1,307	64.7%	15.6 min	3.2%
ANC Anchorage	1,183	83.3%	-2.4 min	0.6%
SAN San Diego	1,106	74.3%	2.8 min	1.4%
SFO San Francisco	898	83.9%	-1.4 min	1.1%
LAX Los Angeles	860	82.7%	-1.1 min	1.3%
KOA Kona	851	72.0%	13.0 min	2.4%
LIH Lihue	843	66.4%	16.2 min	3.6%
LAS Las Vegas	716	82.7%	-0.6 min	1.4%
PHX Phoenix	606	86.1%	-0.3 min	1.3%
ITO Hilo	401	67.1%	15.0 min	5.7%
SNA Santa Ana	374	85.6%	-1.8 min	1.9%
JFK New York	355	66.2%	4.0 min	2.3%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	34.2%	33.5%	118,715
Late-arriving aircraft	36.4%	39.3%	126,188
National Aviation System	19.2%	21.0%	66,681
Extreme weather	9.8%	5.9%	34,024
Security	0.3%	0.2%	1,198

346,806 delay minutes on 5,940 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 March 2026?

76.4% of 27,793 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 73.2% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025 the carrier reported 18,925 flights with 80.3% on time and 0.6% cancelled, against 76.4% and 1.9% in March 2026.

Provenance

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