Fairbanks International in November 2025

89.4%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 264 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 89.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.0% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 11.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 209 departures with 87.6% leaving on time: a change of +1.8 points, with flights up 26%.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 86.8% of the time (266 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 39%, air carrier 39% and late-arriving aircraft 22%.

On time 83.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.5%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	89.4%	87.6%	83.2%	78.1%
Arrived on time	83.0%	84.2%	82.0%	77.3%
Cancelled	1.5%	0.5%	1.0%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.3 min	11.2 min	12.6 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	7	11	19,018
Scheduled departures	264	209	4,165	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	234	89%	84.2%	-6.7 min	1.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	30	11%	73.3%	-11.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	166	82.5%	-8.9 min	0.0%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	98	83.7%	-4.5 min	4.1%

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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	38.6%	30.2%	628
Late-arriving aircraft	22.3%	38.3%	362
National Aviation System	39.1%	26.7%	636
Extreme weather	0.0%	4.6%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,626 delay minutes on 41 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 November 2025?

89.4% of 264 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 87.6% of 209 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 89.4% and 1.5% in November 2025.

Provenance

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