Fairbanks International in March 2025

94.1%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 287 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 94.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 93.0% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 14.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 305 departures with 85.6% leaving on time: a change of +8.5 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 85.4% of the time (287 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 93.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 6.6%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	94.1%	85.6%	83.2%	79.9%
Arrived on time	93.0%	85.6%	82.0%	79.3%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.3%	1.0%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	3.5 min	8.0 min	12.6 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	10	11	20,029
Scheduled departures	287	305	4,165	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	256	89%	93.0%	-5.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	11%	93.5%	-16.5 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	197	91.4%	-7.5 min	0.5%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	90	96.7%	-5.2 min	0.0%

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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	45.9%	33.0%	389
Late-arriving aircraft	26.4%	39.2%	224
National Aviation System	22.6%	21.9%	191
Extreme weather	5.1%	5.9%	43
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

847 delay minutes on 19 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 March 2025?

94.1% of 287 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 93.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 85.6% of 305 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 94.1% and 0.3% in March 2025.

Provenance

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