Fairbanks International in January 2025

86.0%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 272 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 86.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.5% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 6.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 194 departures with 71.6% leaving on time: a change of +14.4 points, with flights up 40%.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 84.8% of the time (270 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 83.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.8%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from FAI in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	86.0%	71.6%	83.2%	79.3%
Arrived on time	83.5%	68.6%	82.0%	78.6%
Cancelled	0.7%	6.2%	1.0%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.8 min	16.6 min	12.6 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	7	11	17,992
Scheduled departures	272	194	4,165	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	241	89%	84.6%	-1.3 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	11%	74.2%	1.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	192	85.4%	-3.4 min	0.0%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	80	78.8%	5.2 min	2.5%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	48.5%	36.2%	1,421
Late-arriving aircraft	29.1%	34.7%	852
National Aviation System	19.9%	19.9%	584
Extreme weather	2.5%	9.1%	72
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,929 delay minutes on 43 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 January 2025?

86.0% of 272 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 71.6% of 194 departures left on time and 6.2% were cancelled, against 86.0% and 0.7% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.