Fairbanks International in December 2023

84.8%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 198 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 84.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.2% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 1.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 82.9% of the time (199 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 54%, national aviation system 31% and late-arriving aircraft 14%.

On time 73.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.3%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	84.8%	—	83.2%	83.1%
Arrived on time	73.2%	—	82.0%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	1.0%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.0 min	—	12.6 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	11	19,013
Scheduled departures	198	—	4,165	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	167	84%	77.2%	7.1 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	16%	51.6%	24.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	167	73.1%	11.4 min	0.0%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	31	74.2%	0.8 min	3.2%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	53.9%	37.1%	1,693
Late-arriving aircraft	13.8%	38.8%	432
National Aviation System	30.5%	17.6%	959
Extreme weather	1.8%	6.2%	56
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

3,140 delay minutes on 52 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 December 2023?

84.8% of 198 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.