Alaska Airlines in April 2026

83.7%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 April 2026, Alaska Airlines (AS) reported 27,222 scheduled domestic flights. 83.7% arrived on time, 0.4% were cancelled and 0.2% diverted.

All reporting carriers together recorded 78.9% on time and 0.9% cancelled that month, so the carrier was 4.8 points above the combined figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, it reported 19,025 flights with 80.6% on time: a change of +3.1 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 21%.

On time 83.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.7%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	AS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All carriers, Apr 2026
Arrived on time	83.7%	80.6%	78.5%	78.9%
Departed on time	83.3%	83.1%	79.0%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.4%	1.2%	0.9%
Average arrival delay	-1.2 min	1.4 min	2.9 min	4.8 min
Scheduled flights a day	907	634	826	19,931
Scheduled flights	27,222	19,025	301,435	597,919

87 airports and 405 routes had AS flights that month.

Busiest airports that month

Airport	Departures	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SEA Seattle	6,097	86.4%	-5.1 min	0.1%
HNL Honolulu	2,805	77.5%	7.2 min	0.5%
PDX Portland	1,976	88.9%	-3.6 min	0.4%
OGG Kahului	1,271	73.7%	7.7 min	0.4%
SAN San Diego	1,169	85.6%	-6.8 min	0.5%
ANC Anchorage	1,092	92.9%	-9.6 min	0.4%
SFO San Francisco	964	71.4%	8.8 min	0.7%
LAX Los Angeles	940	75.4%	4.1 min	0.7%
LIH Lihue	821	79.2%	5.4 min	0.2%
KOA Kona	783	79.8%	4.0 min	0.4%
LAS Las Vegas	691	76.0%	6.5 min	0.3%
PHX Phoenix	555	92.1%	-7.0 min	0.2%
ITO Hilo	420	72.9%	10.8 min	0.7%
SNA Santa Ana	347	94.2%	-11.4 min	1.2%
JFK New York	346	82.4%	-1.3 min	0.3%

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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	All carriers, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	41.8%	33.5%	85,008
Late-arriving aircraft	34.7%	40.4%	70,729
National Aviation System	20.6%	21.0%	41,983
Extreme weather	2.6%	5.0%	5,247
Security	0.3%	0.1%	619

203,586 delay minutes on 4,283 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 April 2026?

83.7% of 27,222 scheduled domestic flights arrived less than 15 minutes late; all reporting carriers together recorded 78.9% that month.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025 the carrier reported 19,025 flights with 80.6% on time and 0.4% cancelled, against 83.7% and 0.4% in April 2026.

Provenance

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