Ted Stevens Anchorage International in January 2024

67.4%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,130 domestic departures from Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC). 67.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.2% reached their destination on time; 9.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so ANC departures were 6.6 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ANC that month were on time 60.7% of the time (1,130 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 66.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.3%
Cancelled 9.0%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from ANC in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	ANC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	67.4%	—	82.7%	74.0%
Arrived on time	66.2%	—	83.5%	72.9%
Cancelled	9.0%	—	1.1%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.4 min	—	11.7 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	38	—	55	18,242
Scheduled departures	1,130	—	20,008	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	961	85%	63.9%	10.4 min	10.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	123	11%	80.5%	15.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	39	3%	74.4%	7.3 min	2.6%
AA American Airlines	7	1%	85.7%	2.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ANC–SEA	Anchorage to Seattle	515	70.1%	9.7 min	8.0%
ANC–JNU	Anchorage to Juneau	91	68.1%	11.7 min	3.3%
ANC–BET	Anchorage to Bethel	60	70.0%	10.4 min	3.3%
ANC–ADQ	Anchorage to Kodiak	57	68.4%	6.2 min	8.8%
ANC–SCC	Anchorage to Deadhorse	46	63.0%	10.8 min	13.0%
ANC–DEN	Anchorage to Denver	31	77.4%	0.9 min	0.0%
ANC–FAI	Anchorage to Fairbanks	31	67.7%	15.0 min	3.2%
ANC–HNL	Anchorage to Honolulu	31	58.1%	9.1 min	19.4%
ANC–LAX	Anchorage to Los Angeles	31	54.8%	10.6 min	12.9%
ANC–PHX	Anchorage to Phoenix	31	51.6%	8.3 min	19.4%
ANC–BRW	Anchorage to Barrow	30	50.0%	34.8 min	23.3%
ANC–CDV	Anchorage to Cordova	30	56.7%	27.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	33.6%	32.6%	6,609
Late-arriving aircraft	38.0%	39.0%	7,467
National Aviation System	17.8%	17.9%	3,504
Extreme weather	10.5%	10.3%	2,069
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

19,649 delay minutes on 275 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 January 2024?

67.4% of 1,130 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.