Ted Stevens Anchorage International in March 2025

88.1%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,248 domestic departures from Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC). 88.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.8% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so ANC departures were 8.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 1,302 departures with 81.3% leaving on time: a change of +6.8 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at ANC that month were on time 83.6% of the time (1,247 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 83.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.9%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	ANC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	88.1%	81.3%	82.7%	79.9%
Arrived on time	83.8%	81.4%	83.5%	79.3%
Cancelled	0.6%	1.2%	1.1%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.7 min	12.9 min	11.7 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	42	43	55	20,029
Scheduled departures	1,248	1,302	20,008	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	1,051	84%	83.3%	-1.2 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	138	11%	87.7%	-8.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	33	3%	97.0%	-13.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	26	2%	65.4%	16.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ANC–SEA	Anchorage to Seattle	477	86.4%	-3.6 min	0.0%
ANC–JNU	Anchorage to Juneau	93	80.6%	-1.4 min	0.0%
ANC–FAI	Anchorage to Fairbanks	90	83.3%	-2.0 min	0.0%
ANC–ADQ	Anchorage to Kodiak	62	79.0%	2.3 min	3.2%
ANC–BET	Anchorage to Bethel	62	69.4%	12.3 min	3.2%
ANC–PDX	Anchorage to Portland	49	87.8%	-6.9 min	2.0%
ANC–SCC	Anchorage to Deadhorse	47	87.2%	-3.1 min	0.0%
ANC–OTZ	Anchorage to Kotzebue	33	87.9%	-0.9 min	0.0%
ANC–OME	Anchorage to Nome	32	87.5%	-3.1 min	6.3%
ANC–BRW	Anchorage to Barrow	31	90.3%	0.9 min	0.0%
ANC–CDV	Anchorage to Cordova	31	83.9%	3.1 min	0.0%
ANC–DEN	Anchorage to Denver	31	96.8%	-12.5 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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	34.9%	33.0%	2,837
Late-arriving aircraft	39.5%	39.2%	3,212
National Aviation System	23.2%	21.9%	1,885
Extreme weather	2.5%	5.9%	202
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

8,136 delay minutes on 186 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 2025?

88.1% of 1,248 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 81.3% of 1,302 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 88.1% and 0.6% in March 2025.

Provenance

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