Fairbanks International in August 2023

82.2%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 365 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 82.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.5% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 5.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 80.0% of the time (365 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 44% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 82.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.3%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from FAI in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	82.2%	—	83.2%	76.7%
Arrived on time	82.5%	—	82.0%	76.9%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	1.0%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.8 min	—	12.6 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	—	11	20,100
Scheduled departures	365	—	4,165	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	241	66%	84.2%	4.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	93	25%	76.3%	23.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	8%	87.1%	2.5 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	248	79.4%	14.8 min	0.0%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	55	89.1%	-3.0 min	0.0%
FAI–MSP	Fairbanks to Minneapolis	31	90.3%	-8.0 min	0.0%
FAI–ORD	Fairbanks to Chicago	31	87.1%	2.5 min	3.2%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	45.8%	36.7%	2,644
Late-arriving aircraft	43.8%	42.2%	2,527
National Aviation System	10.0%	15.7%	579
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.1%	0
Security	0.4%	0.2%	25

5,775 delay minutes on 63 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 FAI on time in August 2023?

82.2% of 365 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for FAI · methodology · corrections.