Fairbanks International in February 2025

89.5%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 248 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 89.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.3% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 10.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 187 departures with 90.4% leaving on time: a change of −0.9 points, with flights up 33%.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 81.9% of the time (248 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 86.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.3%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	89.5%	90.4%	83.2%	79.2%
Arrived on time	86.3%	86.1%	82.0%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.5%	1.0%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.8 min	5.6 min	12.6 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	6	11	16,830
Scheduled departures	248	187	4,165	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	220	89%	87.7%	-2.2 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	28	11%	75.0%	6.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	168	86.9%	-2.2 min	0.6%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	80	85.0%	0.9 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	34.7%	33.9%	730
Late-arriving aircraft	36.9%	36.9%	775
National Aviation System	23.5%	22.5%	494
Extreme weather	4.9%	6.6%	104
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,103 delay minutes on 33 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 February 2025?

89.5% of 248 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 90.4% of 187 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 89.5% and 0.4% in February 2025.

Provenance

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