Fairbanks International in October 2023

91.0%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 245 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 91.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.1% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 7.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 90.2% of the time (245 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 43%, air carrier 34% and late-arriving aircraft 22%.

On time 84.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.5%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	91.0%	—	83.2%	83.8%
Arrived on time	84.1%	—	82.0%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	1.0%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.1 min	—	12.6 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	11	19,966
Scheduled departures	245	—	4,165	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	183	75%	87.4%	-2.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	25%	74.2%	4.0 min	1.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	187	81.8%	1.7 min	0.5%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	58	91.4%	-9.1 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	33.8%	41.3%	616
Late-arriving aircraft	21.7%	40.5%	396
National Aviation System	42.7%	14.4%	779
Extreme weather	1.8%	3.7%	32
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,823 delay minutes on 38 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 October 2023?

91.0% of 245 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.