Ted Stevens Anchorage International in February 2024

86.6%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,071 domestic departures from Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC). 86.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.0% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so ANC departures were 2.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ANC that month were on time 80.6% of the time (1,071 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 57%, late-arriving aircraft 25% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 84.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.0%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	ANC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	86.6%	—	82.7%	84.0%
Arrived on time	84.0%	—	83.5%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.7%	—	1.1%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.5 min	—	11.7 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	36	—	55	17,307
Scheduled departures	1,071	—	20,008	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	932	87%	83.9%	-0.2 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	110	10%	85.5%	23.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	29	3%	82.8%	25.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ANC–SEA	Anchorage to Seattle	480	86.9%	-0.3 min	0.0%
ANC–JNU	Anchorage to Juneau	87	80.5%	2.1 min	0.0%
ANC–ADQ	Anchorage to Kodiak	58	84.5%	-1.9 min	0.0%
ANC–BET	Anchorage to Bethel	58	70.7%	6.8 min	3.4%
ANC–SCC	Anchorage to Deadhorse	46	84.8%	-0.9 min	2.2%
ANC–FAI	Anchorage to Fairbanks	42	83.3%	-5.9 min	0.0%
ANC–BRW	Anchorage to Barrow	29	69.0%	11.9 min	3.4%
ANC–CDV	Anchorage to Cordova	29	82.8%	0.6 min	0.0%
ANC–DEN	Anchorage to Denver	29	82.8%	25.2 min	0.0%
ANC–HNL	Anchorage to Honolulu	29	96.6%	-10.9 min	0.0%
ANC–KOA	Anchorage to Kona	29	86.2%	-3.4 min	0.0%
ANC–LAX	Anchorage to Los Angeles	29	89.7%	9.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	56.5%	35.9%	6,794
Late-arriving aircraft	24.5%	36.9%	2,947
National Aviation System	15.4%	21.7%	1,847
Extreme weather	3.6%	5.3%	438
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

12,026 delay minutes on 161 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 February 2024?

86.6% of 1,071 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.