Ted Stevens Anchorage International in March 2024

81.3%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,302 domestic departures from Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC). 81.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.4% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so ANC departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ANC that month were on time 78.4% of the time (1,301 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 39% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 81.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.1%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	ANC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	81.3%	—	82.7%	78.5%
Arrived on time	81.4%	—	83.5%	78.3%
Cancelled	1.2%	—	1.1%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.9 min	—	11.7 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	43	—	55	19,726
Scheduled departures	1,302	—	20,008	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	1,111	85%	80.8%	3.4 min	1.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	138	11%	87.0%	-4.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	2%	87.1%	0.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	22	2%	68.2%	36.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ANC–SEA	Anchorage to Seattle	535	79.6%	3.5 min	1.1%
ANC–FAI	Anchorage to Fairbanks	111	88.3%	-1.3 min	0.0%
ANC–JNU	Anchorage to Juneau	93	86.0%	-0.3 min	0.0%
ANC–BET	Anchorage to Bethel	62	75.8%	17.7 min	0.0%
ANC–ADQ	Anchorage to Kodiak	60	76.7%	3.6 min	5.0%
ANC–SCC	Anchorage to Deadhorse	47	89.4%	-2.0 min	2.1%
ANC–PHX	Anchorage to Phoenix	41	87.8%	-1.6 min	0.0%
ANC–OME	Anchorage to Nome	32	68.8%	4.3 min	3.1%
ANC–BRW	Anchorage to Barrow	31	87.1%	-2.0 min	3.2%
ANC–CDV	Anchorage to Cordova	31	80.6%	5.1 min	0.0%
ANC–DEN	Anchorage to Denver	31	87.1%	0.2 min	0.0%
ANC–HNL	Anchorage to Honolulu	31	83.9%	-8.2 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	45.3%	32.1%	6,721
Late-arriving aircraft	38.6%	42.1%	5,727
National Aviation System	9.8%	21.4%	1,461
Extreme weather	6.2%	4.2%	923
Security	0.1%	0.2%	16

14,848 delay minutes on 223 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 March 2024?

81.3% of 1,302 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.