Ted Stevens Anchorage International in October 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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,333 domestic departures from Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC). 86.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.0% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so ANC departures were 1.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 1,280 departures with 87.7% leaving on time: a change of −1.1 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at ANC that month were on time 82.5% of the time (1,333 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, extreme weather 22% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 85.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.6%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	ANC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	86.6%	87.7%	82.7%	85.5%
Arrived on time	85.0%	86.6%	83.5%	85.8%
Cancelled	1.2%	0.6%	1.1%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.9 min	7.0 min	11.7 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	44	43	55	20,517
Scheduled departures	1,333	1,280	20,008	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	1,062	80%	83.3%	2.3 min	1.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	183	14%	93.4%	-5.5 min	0.5%
UA United Airlines	57	4%	89.5%	-7.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	31	2%	83.9%	0.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ANC–SEA	Anchorage to Seattle	586	86.2%	2.5 min	0.5%
ANC–JNU	Anchorage to Juneau	93	88.2%	-3.7 min	0.0%
ANC–FAI	Anchorage to Fairbanks	88	90.9%	-4.1 min	0.0%
ANC–ADQ	Anchorage to Kodiak	62	77.4%	1.9 min	4.8%
ANC–BET	Anchorage to Bethel	62	88.7%	0.8 min	0.0%
ANC–SCC	Anchorage to Deadhorse	50	82.0%	5.0 min	4.0%
ANC–MSP	Anchorage to Minneapolis	37	89.2%	-11.1 min	0.0%
ANC–ORD	Anchorage to Chicago	37	89.2%	-11.4 min	0.0%
ANC–OTZ	Anchorage to Kotzebue	34	76.5%	11.8 min	11.8%
ANC–OME	Anchorage to Nome	32	71.9%	3.5 min	6.3%
ANC–BRW	Anchorage to Barrow	31	58.1%	11.8 min	3.2%
ANC–CDV	Anchorage to Cordova	31	80.6%	3.8 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	42.1%	42.7%	5,515
Late-arriving aircraft	17.6%	37.4%	2,307
National Aviation System	18.8%	16.3%	2,459
Extreme weather	21.6%	3.4%	2,827
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

13,108 delay minutes on 181 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 October 2024?

86.6% of 1,333 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 87.7% of 1,280 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 86.6% and 1.2% in October 2024.

Provenance

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