Ted Stevens Anchorage International in November 2023

81.8%departed 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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,165 domestic departures from Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC). 81.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.0% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so ANC departures were 4.2 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ANC that month were on time 78.1% of the time (1,165 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 29%, air carrier 25% and late-arriving aircraft 25%.

On time 76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.1%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.7%

Every scheduled departure from ANC in November 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	ANC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	81.8%	—	82.7%	86.0%
Arrived on time	76.0%	—	83.5%	86.2%
Cancelled	1.3%	—	1.1%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.6 min	—	11.7 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	39	—	55	18,793
Scheduled departures	1,165	—	20,008	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	950	82%	74.6%	5.5 min	1.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	156	13%	85.3%	-2.2 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	30	3%	86.7%	21.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	29	2%	58.6%	41.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ANC–SEA	Anchorage to Seattle	560	78.8%	3.8 min	0.5%
ANC–JNU	Anchorage to Juneau	88	69.3%	6.9 min	0.0%
ANC–BET	Anchorage to Bethel	58	67.2%	7.4 min	5.2%
ANC–ADQ	Anchorage to Kodiak	57	70.2%	5.3 min	1.8%
ANC–FAI	Anchorage to Fairbanks	45	71.1%	19.2 min	2.2%
ANC–SCC	Anchorage to Deadhorse	35	82.9%	-4.8 min	8.6%
ANC–DEN	Anchorage to Denver	30	86.7%	21.1 min	0.0%
ANC–HNL	Anchorage to Honolulu	30	73.3%	-1.3 min	0.0%
ANC–PDX	Anchorage to Portland	30	90.0%	0.3 min	0.0%
ANC–BRW	Anchorage to Barrow	29	58.6%	14.5 min	6.9%
ANC–CDV	Anchorage to Cordova	29	62.1%	10.1 min	0.0%
ANC–DFW	Anchorage to Dallas/Fort Worth	29	58.6%	41.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	25.1%	42.5%	3,732
Late-arriving aircraft	24.7%	37.3%	3,665
National Aviation System	28.8%	16.2%	4,272
Extreme weather	21.4%	3.7%	3,170
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

14,839 delay minutes on 257 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

How many flights left ANC on time in November 2023?

81.8% of 1,165 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for ANC · methodology · corrections.