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Airport month · January 2025

Ted Stevens Anchorage International in January 2025

83.0%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,187 domestic departures from Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC). 83.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.3% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so ANC departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 1,130 departures with 67.4% leaving on time: a change of +15.6 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at ANC that month were on time 74.2% of the time (1,190 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 31%, extreme weather 28% and air carrier 25%.

Every scheduled departure from ANC in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJan 2025Jan 2024ANC, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time83.0%67.4%82.7%79.3%
Arrived on time83.3%66.2%83.5%78.6%
Cancelled1.8%9.0%1.1%3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)10.7 min19.4 min11.7 min14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day40385517,992
Scheduled departures1,1871,13020,008539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AS Alaska Airlines1,02686%82.7%-0.1 min2.0%
DL Delta Air Lines11810%88.1%-8.7 min0.0%
UA United Airlines373%89.2%-13.2 min0.0%
AA American Airlines61%66.7%10.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ANC–SEAAnchorage to Seattle49784.9%-3.7 min1.0%
ANC–JNUAnchorage to Juneau9085.6%7.2 min1.1%
ANC–FAIAnchorage to Fairbanks8091.3%1.1 min2.5%
ANC–ADQAnchorage to Kodiak6083.3%3.4 min1.7%
ANC–BETAnchorage to Bethel6073.3%5.1 min5.0%
ANC–SCCAnchorage to Deadhorse4877.1%4.7 min0.0%
ANC–DENAnchorage to Denver3190.3%-16.0 min0.0%
ANC–HNLAnchorage to Honolulu3177.4%11.0 min3.2%
ANC–PHXAnchorage to Phoenix3190.3%-9.9 min0.0%
ANC–BRWAnchorage to Barrow3073.3%5.6 min6.7%
ANC–CDVAnchorage to Cordova3080.0%-3.6 min0.0%
ANC–OMEAnchorage to Nome3086.7%-4.0 min0.0%

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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jan 2025Minutes
Air carrier25.0%36.2%2,697
Late-arriving aircraft30.9%34.7%3,339
National Aviation System16.5%19.9%1,786
Extreme weather27.6%9.1%2,980
Security0.0%0.2%0
10,802 delay minutes on 172 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left ANC on time in January 2025?

83.0% of 1,187 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 67.4% of 1,130 departures left on time and 9.0% were cancelled, against 83.0% and 1.8% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.