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Airport month · November 2025

Ted Stevens Anchorage International in November 2025

87.3%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,321 domestic departures from Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC). 87.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.6% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so ANC departures were 9.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 1,164 departures with 88.0% leaving on time: a change of −0.7 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at ANC that month were on time 82.4% of the time (1,319 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 22%.

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

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

MeasureNov 2025Nov 2024ANC, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time87.3%88.0%82.7%78.1%
Arrived on time84.6%86.9%83.5%77.3%
Cancelled1.4%1.1%1.1%2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)8.5 min5.8 min11.7 min15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day44395519,018
Scheduled departures1,3211,16420,008570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AS Alaska Airlines1,02878%85.8%-4.8 min1.6%
DL Delta Air Lines20415%83.8%5.0 min0.0%
UA United Airlines594%72.9%2.2 min3.4%
AA American Airlines302%70.0%33.0 min3.3%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ANC–SEAAnchorage to Seattle48585.4%-5.6 min1.4%
ANC–PDXAnchorage to Portland10888.9%-4.0 min0.0%
ANC–FAIAnchorage to Fairbanks10084.0%-5.6 min4.0%
ANC–JNUAnchorage to Juneau8888.6%-5.4 min0.0%
ANC–ADQAnchorage to Kodiak5887.9%-3.6 min3.4%
ANC–BETAnchorage to Bethel5881.0%0.3 min5.2%
ANC–MSPAnchorage to Minneapolis5784.2%25.9 min0.0%
ANC–SCCAnchorage to Deadhorse3789.2%-7.3 min0.0%
ANC–DENAnchorage to Denver3080.0%-2.2 min0.0%
ANC–DFWAnchorage to Dallas/Fort Worth3070.0%33.0 min3.3%
ANC–HNLAnchorage to Honolulu3090.0%0.5 min0.0%
ANC–PHXAnchorage to Phoenix3093.3%-8.8 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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2025Minutes
Air carrier40.7%30.2%4,619
Late-arriving aircraft29.6%38.3%3,355
National Aviation System21.8%26.7%2,477
Extreme weather7.9%4.6%894
Security0.0%0.1%0
11,345 delay minutes on 184 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 November 2025?

87.3% of 1,321 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 88.0% of 1,164 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 87.3% and 1.4% in November 2025.

Provenance

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