Fairbanks International in November 2024

87.6%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 209 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 87.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.2% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 207 departures with 81.2% leaving on time: a change of +6.4 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 78.2% of the time (211 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 65%, national aviation system 19% and late-arriving aircraft 12%.

On time 84.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.3%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	87.6%	81.2%	83.2%	85.2%
Arrived on time	84.2%	79.2%	82.0%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.5%	1.9%	1.0%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.2 min	10.9 min	12.6 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	7	11	19,180
Scheduled departures	209	207	4,165	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	179	86%	87.2%	-4.2 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	30	14%	66.7%	25.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	161	80.7%	2.5 min	0.6%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	48	95.8%	-8.1 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	64.8%	36.9%	1,421
Late-arriving aircraft	11.6%	35.6%	254
National Aviation System	18.6%	21.9%	407
Extreme weather	5.1%	5.4%	111
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,193 delay minutes on 32 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 November 2024?

87.6% of 209 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 81.2% of 207 departures left on time and 1.9% were cancelled, against 87.6% and 0.5% in November 2024.

Provenance

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