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Airport month · October 2025
Ted Stevens Anchorage International in October 2025
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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,448 domestic departures from Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC). 86.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.0% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so ANC departures were 6.2 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 1,333 departures with 86.6% leaving on time: a change of −0.4 points, with flights up 9%.
Flights arriving at ANC that month were on time 78.3% of the time (1,444 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 13%.
- On time 85.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.1%
- Cancelled 1.6%
- Diverted 0.3%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | ANC, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 86.2% | 86.6% | 82.7% | 80.0% |
| Arrived on time | 85.0% | 85.0% | 83.5% | 79.1% |
| Cancelled | 1.6% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.7 min | 9.9 min | 11.7 min | 13.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 48 | 44 | 55 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,448 | 1,333 | 20,008 | 605,844 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS Alaska Airlines | 1,130 | 78% | 85.4% | -3.2 min | 1.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 220 | 15% | 85.0% | -2.7 min | 0.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 62 | 4% | 87.1% | -9.6 min | 1.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 36 | 2% | 69.4% | 8.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANC–SEA | Anchorage to Seattle | 555 | 87.2% | -7.4 min | 1.3% |
| ANC–PDX | Anchorage to Portland | 117 | 90.6% | -5.5 min | 0.0% |
| ANC–JNU | Anchorage to Juneau | 96 | 92.7% | -7.2 min | 1.0% |
| ANC–FAI | Anchorage to Fairbanks | 93 | 92.5% | -5.0 min | 0.0% |
| ANC–ADQ | Anchorage to Kodiak | 65 | 73.8% | 8.8 min | 4.6% |
| ANC–BET | Anchorage to Bethel | 62 | 79.0% | 0.2 min | 4.8% |
| ANC–MSP | Anchorage to Minneapolis | 61 | 80.3% | 4.4 min | 0.0% |
| ANC–ORD | Anchorage to Chicago | 48 | 77.1% | -1.9 min | 4.2% |
| ANC–SCC | Anchorage to Deadhorse | 45 | 84.4% | 4.8 min | 4.4% |
| ANC–BRW | Anchorage to Barrow | 31 | 71.0% | 20.0 min | 3.2% |
| ANC–CDV | Anchorage to Cordova | 31 | 83.9% | -1.1 min | 0.0% |
| ANC–DEN | Anchorage to Denver | 31 | 93.5% | -12.1 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ANC on time in October 2025?
86.2% of 1,448 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024, 86.6% of 1,333 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 86.2% and 1.6% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.