Fairbanks International in August 2025

79.7%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 438 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 79.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.9% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 394 departures with 78.4% leaving on time: a change of +1.3 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 76.0% of the time (438 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, national aviation system 34% and air carrier 14%.

On time 82.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.2%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	79.7%	78.4%	83.2%	76.8%
Arrived on time	82.9%	82.5%	82.0%	76.3%
Cancelled	0.9%	1.0%	1.0%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.5 min	11.2 min	12.6 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	13	11	20,079
Scheduled departures	438	394	4,165	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	252	58%	83.3%	-0.6 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	124	28%	76.6%	15.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	62	14%	93.5%	-16.4 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	246	84.6%	-1.0 min	0.8%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	68	73.5%	8.8 min	0.0%
FAI–DEN	Fairbanks to Denver	31	96.8%	-16.8 min	3.2%
FAI–MSP	Fairbanks to Minneapolis	31	90.3%	30.4 min	0.0%
FAI–ORD	Fairbanks to Chicago	31	90.3%	-16.1 min	3.2%
FAI–SLC	Fairbanks to Salt Lake City	31	61.3%	15.9 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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	14.4%	33.1%	666
Late-arriving aircraft	51.2%	40.5%	2,372
National Aviation System	34.0%	19.2%	1,576
Extreme weather	0.1%	7.0%	5
Security	0.3%	0.1%	15

4,634 delay minutes on 71 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 August 2025?

79.7% of 438 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 78.4% of 394 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 79.7% and 0.9% in August 2025.

Provenance

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