Fairbanks International in April 2025

90.4%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 249 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 90.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.6% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 9.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 264 departures with 84.1% leaving on time: a change of +6.3 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 81.0% of the time (248 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 40% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 87.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.6%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	90.4%	84.1%	83.2%	80.6%
Arrived on time	87.6%	85.2%	82.0%	79.5%
Cancelled	0.8%	1.5%	1.0%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.0 min	10.3 min	12.6 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	9	11	19,465
Scheduled departures	249	264	4,165	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	219	88%	86.3%	-0.9 min	0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	30	12%	96.7%	-10.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	171	89.5%	-5.5 min	0.0%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	78	83.3%	5.6 min	2.6%

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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	40.1%	32.7%	908
Late-arriving aircraft	46.4%	39.4%	1,050
National Aviation System	13.6%	22.2%	307
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.5%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,265 delay minutes on 29 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 April 2025?

90.4% of 249 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 84.1% of 264 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 90.4% and 0.8% in April 2025.

Provenance

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