Fairbanks International in July 2025

79.3%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 439 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 79.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.9% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 9.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 384 departures with 73.2% leaving on time: a change of +6.1 points, with flights up 14%.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 67.9% of the time (439 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 56%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 80.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.5%
Cancelled 1.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	79.3%	73.2%	83.2%	69.7%
Arrived on time	80.9%	74.0%	82.0%	69.0%
Cancelled	1.6%	1.8%	1.0%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.7 min	22.1 min	12.6 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	13	11	21,048
Scheduled departures	439	384	4,165	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	253	58%	79.4%	-1.0 min	2.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	124	28%	80.6%	2.3 min	0.8%
UA United Airlines	62	14%	87.1%	-1.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	247	85.0%	-5.2 min	2.8%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	68	69.1%	10.9 min	0.0%
FAI–DEN	Fairbanks to Denver	31	90.3%	4.5 min	0.0%
FAI–MSP	Fairbanks to Minneapolis	31	71.0%	10.8 min	0.0%
FAI–ORD	Fairbanks to Chicago	31	83.9%	-8.3 min	0.0%
FAI–SLC	Fairbanks to Salt Lake City	31	71.0%	7.5 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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	31.0%	31.1%	1,452
Late-arriving aircraft	56.4%	40.8%	2,645
National Aviation System	12.4%	20.7%	582
Extreme weather	0.2%	7.3%	8
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,687 delay minutes on 77 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 July 2025?

79.3% of 439 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 73.2% of 384 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 79.3% and 1.6% in July 2025.

Provenance

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