Fairbanks International in October 2025

87.2%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 257 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 87.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.4% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 7.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 266 departures with 86.8% leaving on time: a change of +0.4 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 84.5% of the time (258 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 84.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.8%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	87.2%	86.8%	83.2%	80.0%
Arrived on time	84.4%	85.3%	82.0%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.8%	1.1%	1.0%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.6 min	9.7 min	12.6 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	9	11	20,195
Scheduled departures	257	266	4,165	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	221	86%	86.4%	-3.2 min	0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	36	14%	72.2%	10.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	164	79.9%	4.2 min	0.6%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	93	92.5%	-11.0 min	1.1%

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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	41.0%	34.0%	986
Late-arriving aircraft	34.2%	39.7%	823
National Aviation System	24.8%	22.9%	596
Extreme weather	0.0%	3.3%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,405 delay minutes on 38 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 October 2025?

87.2% of 257 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 86.8% of 266 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 87.2% and 0.8% in October 2025.

Provenance

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