Fairbanks International in September 2024

82.4%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 347 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 82.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.8% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 2.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 265 departures with 84.2% leaving on time: a change of −1.8 points, with flights up 31%.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 82.1% of the time (347 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 45% and national aviation system 7%.

On time 90.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 8.6%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	82.4%	84.2%	83.2%	84.4%
Arrived on time	90.8%	84.2%	82.0%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.0%	1.0%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.7 min	10.7 min	12.6 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	9	11	19,421
Scheduled departures	347	265	4,165	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	245	71%	90.2%	-5.6 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	68	20%	89.7%	-0.8 min	1.5%
UA United Airlines	34	10%	97.1%	-16.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	240	88.8%	-4.5 min	0.8%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	65	95.4%	-5.7 min	0.0%
FAI–ORD	Fairbanks to Chicago	25	96.0%	-16.8 min	0.0%
FAI–DEN	Fairbanks to Denver	9	100.0%	-15.7 min	0.0%
FAI–MSP	Fairbanks to Minneapolis	8	87.5%	1.4 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	44.9%	38.6%	850
Late-arriving aircraft	48.3%	38.4%	914
National Aviation System	6.8%	18.2%	128
Extreme weather	0.0%	4.8%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,892 delay minutes on 30 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 September 2024?

82.4% of 347 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 84.2% of 265 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 82.4% and 0.6% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.