Fairbanks International in July 2024

73.2%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 384 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 73.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.0% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 4.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 71.4% of the time (384 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 74.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.2%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	73.2%	—	83.2%	68.5%
Arrived on time	74.0%	—	82.0%	68.1%
Cancelled	1.8%	—	1.0%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.1 min	—	12.6 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	—	11	21,154
Scheduled departures	384	—	4,165	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	241	63%	73.0%	5.4 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	93	24%	71.0%	32.0 min	4.3%
UA United Airlines	50	13%	84.0%	19.1 min	2.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	248	67.7%	11.5 min	2.4%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	55	89.1%	4.4 min	0.0%
FAI–MSP	Fairbanks to Minneapolis	31	80.6%	35.8 min	0.0%
FAI–ORD	Fairbanks to Chicago	31	83.9%	8.1 min	0.0%
FAI–DEN	Fairbanks to Denver	19	84.2%	38.0 min	5.3%

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	54.6%	36.6%	4,219
Late-arriving aircraft	34.9%	42.7%	2,699
National Aviation System	9.8%	16.0%	758
Extreme weather	0.5%	4.6%	39
Security	0.2%	0.1%	12

7,727 delay minutes on 93 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 July 2024?

73.2% of 384 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.