Fairbanks International in May 2024

81.6%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 310 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 81.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.5% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 8.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 68.3% of the time (309 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 61%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 5%.

On time 85.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.2%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	81.6%	—	83.2%	73.4%
Arrived on time	85.5%	—	82.0%	72.3%
Cancelled	1.0%	—	1.0%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.0 min	—	12.6 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	—	11	20,325
Scheduled departures	310	—	4,165	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	240	77%	86.3%	-5.4 min	1.3%
UA United Airlines	39	13%	79.5%	1.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	10%	87.1%	-7.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	183	83.6%	-4.2 min	0.5%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	88	92.0%	-8.9 min	2.3%
FAI–ORD	Fairbanks to Chicago	30	80.0%	0.4 min	0.0%
FAI–DEN	Fairbanks to Denver	9	77.8%	5.6 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	34.4%	29.8%	712
Late-arriving aircraft	61.0%	43.0%	1,260
National Aviation System	4.6%	20.1%	95
Extreme weather	0.0%	7.0%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,067 delay minutes on 41 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 May 2024?

81.6% of 310 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.