Fairbanks International in October 2024

86.8%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 266 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 86.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.3% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 1.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 245 departures with 91.0% leaving on time: a change of −4.2 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 83.1% of the time (266 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, extreme weather 26% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 85.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.5%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	86.8%	91.0%	83.2%	85.5%
Arrived on time	85.3%	84.1%	82.0%	85.8%
Cancelled	1.1%	0.4%	1.0%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.7 min	6.1 min	12.6 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	8	11	20,517
Scheduled departures	266	245	4,165	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	209	79%	86.6%	-1.0 min	1.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	57	21%	80.7%	15.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	179	83.2%	6.4 min	1.1%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	87	89.7%	-5.7 min	1.1%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	15.2%	42.7%	392
Late-arriving aircraft	34.9%	37.4%	900
National Aviation System	23.6%	16.3%	607
Extreme weather	26.3%	3.4%	678
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,577 delay minutes on 36 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 October 2024?

86.8% of 266 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 91.0% of 245 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 86.8% and 1.1% in October 2024.

Provenance

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