Fairbanks International in September 2023

84.2%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 265 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 84.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.2% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 84.9% of the time (265 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 55%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 84.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.8%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	84.2%	—	83.2%	80.5%
Arrived on time	84.2%	—	82.0%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.0%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.7 min	—	12.6 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	—	11	18,978
Scheduled departures	265	—	4,165	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	184	69%	85.9%	-1.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	64	24%	75.0%	18.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	17	6%	100.0%	-11.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	215	82.3%	4.6 min	0.0%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	29	86.2%	-1.4 min	0.0%
FAI–ORD	Fairbanks to Chicago	17	100.0%	-11.6 min	0.0%
FAI–MSP	Fairbanks to Minneapolis	4	100.0%	-11.7 min	0.0%

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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	29.6%	36.4%	822
Late-arriving aircraft	54.7%	38.3%	1,520
National Aviation System	15.7%	19.9%	437
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.1%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	1

2,780 delay minutes on 42 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 September 2023?

84.2% of 265 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.