Ted Stevens Anchorage International in March 2026

81.4%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,423 domestic departures from Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC). 81.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.9% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so ANC departures were 8.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 1,248 departures with 88.1% leaving on time: a change of −6.7 points, with flights up 14%.

Flights arriving at ANC that month were on time 73.7% of the time (1,422 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 82.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.9%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from ANC in March 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	ANC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	81.4%	88.1%	82.7%	72.8%
Arrived on time	82.9%	83.8%	83.5%	73.2%
Cancelled	0.8%	0.6%	1.1%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.7 min	6.7 min	11.7 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	47	42	55	20,403
Scheduled departures	1,423	1,248	20,008	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	1,183	83%	83.3%	-2.4 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	153	11%	86.3%	-2.7 min	2.6%
UA United Airlines	63	4%	68.3%	32.7 min	1.6%
AA American Airlines	24	2%	75.0%	9.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ANC–SEA	Anchorage to Seattle	478	86.2%	-4.6 min	1.0%
ANC–FAI	Anchorage to Fairbanks	178	82.0%	2.0 min	1.1%
ANC–PDX	Anchorage to Portland	112	93.8%	-9.6 min	0.0%
ANC–JNU	Anchorage to Juneau	93	76.3%	4.7 min	0.0%
ANC–ADQ	Anchorage to Kodiak	62	69.4%	6.9 min	3.2%
ANC–BET	Anchorage to Bethel	62	82.3%	-0.7 min	0.0%
ANC–SCC	Anchorage to Deadhorse	44	81.8%	-1.7 min	0.0%
ANC–HNL	Anchorage to Honolulu	43	65.1%	12.3 min	0.0%
ANC–DEN	Anchorage to Denver	36	75.0%	21.8 min	0.0%
ANC–OME	Anchorage to Nome	33	84.8%	0.2 min	0.0%
ANC–OTZ	Anchorage to Kotzebue	33	90.9%	-6.3 min	0.0%
ANC–BRW	Anchorage to Barrow	31	80.6%	0.0 min	0.0%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	44.5%	33.5%	7,389
Late-arriving aircraft	31.2%	39.3%	5,181
National Aviation System	13.3%	21.0%	2,204
Extreme weather	11.0%	5.9%	1,830
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

16,604 delay minutes on 226 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 2026?

81.4% of 1,423 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 88.1% of 1,248 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 81.4% and 0.8% in March 2026.

Provenance

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