Ted Stevens Anchorage International in April 2026

89.9%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,333 domestic departures from Ted Stevens Anchorage International (ANC). 89.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 92.6% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so ANC departures were 10.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 1,211 departures with 85.8% leaving on time: a change of +4.1 points, with flights up 10%.

Flights arriving at ANC that month were on time 85.5% of the time (1,334 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and extreme weather 9%.

On time 92.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 6.7%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	ANC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	89.9%	85.8%	82.7%	79.1%
Arrived on time	92.6%	83.2%	83.5%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.7%	1.1%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.9 min	9.1 min	11.7 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	44	40	55	19,931
Scheduled departures	1,333	1,211	20,008	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	1,092	82%	92.9%	-9.6 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	150	11%	96.0%	-14.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	61	5%	88.5%	-5.9 min	1.6%
AA American Airlines	30	2%	73.3%	46.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ANC–SEA	Anchorage to Seattle	452	94.7%	-11.9 min	0.0%
ANC–FAI	Anchorage to Fairbanks	168	94.0%	-13.0 min	0.6%
ANC–PDX	Anchorage to Portland	93	98.9%	-12.2 min	0.0%
ANC–JNU	Anchorage to Juneau	90	94.4%	-9.5 min	0.0%
ANC–ADQ	Anchorage to Kodiak	60	90.0%	-10.6 min	3.3%
ANC–BET	Anchorage to Bethel	60	90.0%	-5.4 min	0.0%
ANC–SCC	Anchorage to Deadhorse	44	95.5%	-12.6 min	0.0%
ANC–OME	Anchorage to Nome	35	85.7%	-6.6 min	2.9%
ANC–ORD	Anchorage to Chicago	31	83.9%	2.8 min	0.0%
ANC–BRW	Anchorage to Barrow	30	76.7%	4.9 min	0.0%
ANC–CDV	Anchorage to Cordova	30	86.7%	-1.7 min	0.0%
ANC–DEN	Anchorage to Denver	30	93.3%	-14.9 min	3.3%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	52.9%	33.5%	3,354
Late-arriving aircraft	32.2%	40.4%	2,041
National Aviation System	5.4%	21.0%	345
Extreme weather	9.4%	5.0%	595
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

6,335 delay minutes on 89 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 April 2026?

89.9% of 1,333 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 92.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 85.8% of 1,211 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 89.9% and 0.4% in April 2026.

Provenance

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