Fairbanks International in November 2023

81.2%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 207 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 81.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.2% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 4.8 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 77.8% of the time (207 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, national aviation system 34% and air carrier 26%.

On time 79.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.8%
Cancelled 1.9%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	81.2%	—	83.2%	86.0%
Arrived on time	79.2%	—	82.0%	86.2%
Cancelled	1.9%	—	1.0%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.9 min	—	12.6 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	11	18,793
Scheduled departures	207	—	4,165	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	173	84%	82.7%	0.3 min	2.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	34	16%	61.8%	26.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	162	78.4%	4.0 min	1.2%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	45	82.2%	7.7 min	4.4%

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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	25.5%	42.5%	648
Late-arriving aircraft	37.9%	37.3%	964
National Aviation System	34.3%	16.2%	873
Extreme weather	2.4%	3.7%	61
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

2,546 delay minutes on 39 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 November 2023?

81.2% of 207 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.