Fairbanks International in January 2024

71.6%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 194 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 71.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.6% reached their destination on time; 6.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 2.4 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 68.9% of the time (193 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 68.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.3%
Cancelled 6.2%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from FAI in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	71.6%	—	83.2%	74.0%
Arrived on time	68.6%	—	82.0%	72.9%
Cancelled	6.2%	—	1.0%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.6 min	—	12.6 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	11	18,242
Scheduled departures	194	—	4,165	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	163	84%	67.5%	8.3 min	6.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	16%	74.2%	0.7 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	163	65.6%	9.2 min	7.4%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	31	83.9%	-3.4 min	0.0%

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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	26.9%	32.6%	820
Late-arriving aircraft	45.7%	39.0%	1,394
National Aviation System	22.6%	17.9%	688
Extreme weather	4.8%	10.3%	145
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,047 delay minutes on 49 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 January 2024?

71.6% of 194 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.