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Airport month · January 2026
Ted Stevens Anchorage International in January 2026
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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,339 domestic departures from Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC). 73.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.9% reached their destination on time; 3.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so ANC departures were 2.3 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 1,187 departures with 83.0% leaving on time: a change of −9.7 points, with flights up 13%.
Flights arriving at ANC that month were on time 69.7% of the time (1,338 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 30%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and extreme weather 25%.
- On time 71.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.9%
- Cancelled 3.7%
- Diverted 0.4%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | ANC, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 73.3% | 83.0% | 82.7% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 71.9% | 83.3% | 83.5% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 3.7% | 1.8% | 1.1% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 20.6 min | 10.7 min | 11.7 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 45 | 40 | 55 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,339 | 1,187 | 20,008 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS Alaska Airlines | 1,106 | 83% | 71.2% | 11.9 min | 4.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 173 | 13% | 77.5% | 15.9 min | 2.9% |
| UA United Airlines | 55 | 4% | 70.9% | 12.0 min | 1.8% |
| AA American Airlines | 5 | 0% | 60.0% | -3.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANC–SEA | Anchorage to Seattle | 475 | 77.7% | 6.8 min | 2.7% |
| ANC–FAI | Anchorage to Fairbanks | 163 | 77.3% | 6.9 min | 1.2% |
| ANC–JNU | Anchorage to Juneau | 91 | 67.0% | 19.9 min | 1.1% |
| ANC–PDX | Anchorage to Portland | 69 | 81.2% | 11.8 min | 0.0% |
| ANC–ADQ | Anchorage to Kodiak | 60 | 61.7% | 20.5 min | 16.7% |
| ANC–BET | Anchorage to Bethel | 60 | 56.7% | 19.6 min | 11.7% |
| ANC–HNL | Anchorage to Honolulu | 53 | 75.5% | 10.3 min | 0.0% |
| ANC–DEN | Anchorage to Denver | 50 | 68.0% | 16.9 min | 2.0% |
| ANC–MSP | Anchorage to Minneapolis | 48 | 79.2% | 39.4 min | 0.0% |
| ANC–SCC | Anchorage to Deadhorse | 42 | 69.0% | 4.6 min | 14.3% |
| ANC–PHX | Anchorage to Phoenix | 31 | 83.9% | -0.7 min | 0.0% |
| ANC–BRW | Anchorage to Barrow | 30 | 53.3% | 26.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ANC on time in January 2026?
73.3% of 1,339 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 83.0% of 1,187 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 73.3% and 3.7% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.