Fairbanks International in June 2025

81.9%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 June 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 393 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.7% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 71.4% of flights departed on time and 70.3% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 10.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in June 2024, the airport had 373 departures with 82.8% leaving on time: a change of −0.9 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 69.9% of the time (395 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 42% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 83.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.0%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Jun 2025	Jun 2024	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jun 2025
Departed on time	81.9%	82.8%	83.2%	71.4%
Arrived on time	83.7%	82.8%	82.0%	70.3%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.5%	1.0%	1.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.1 min	13.9 min	12.6 min	22.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	12	11	20,386
Scheduled departures	393	373	4,165	611,575

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	235	60%	81.7%	-0.1 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	98	25%	83.7%	4.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	60	15%	91.7%	-12.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	222	83.8%	-4.1 min	0.5%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	66	78.8%	4.7 min	0.0%
FAI–DEN	Fairbanks to Denver	30	96.7%	-16.5 min	0.0%
FAI–ORD	Fairbanks to Chicago	30	86.7%	-9.0 min	0.0%
FAI–MSP	Fairbanks to Minneapolis	23	82.6%	-0.6 min	0.0%
FAI–SLC	Fairbanks to Salt Lake City	22	77.3%	46.4 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), June 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jun 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	42.1%	31.6%	1,516
Late-arriving aircraft	48.3%	40.6%	1,739
National Aviation System	9.5%	20.9%	342
Extreme weather	0.0%	6.9%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,597 delay minutes on 63 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 June 2025?

81.9% of 393 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 71.4% and 70.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In June 2024, 82.8% of 373 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 81.9% and 0.3% in June 2025.

Provenance

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