Fairbanks International in January 2026

79.4%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 355 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 79.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.5% reached their destination on time; 2.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 3.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 272 departures with 86.0% leaving on time: a change of −6.6 points, with flights up 31%.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 77.7% of the time (354 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 75.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.7%
Cancelled 2.8%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from FAI in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	79.4%	86.0%	83.2%	75.6%
Arrived on time	75.5%	83.5%	82.0%	75.3%
Cancelled	2.8%	0.7%	1.0%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.6 min	10.8 min	12.6 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	9	11	18,133
Scheduled departures	355	272	4,165	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	324	91%	76.9%	4.2 min	1.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	9%	61.3%	-0.4 min	19.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	192	73.4%	4.0 min	3.6%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	163	77.9%	3.7 min	1.8%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	24.7%	37.3%	1,205
Late-arriving aircraft	49.6%	35.0%	2,421
National Aviation System	19.4%	18.0%	947
Extreme weather	6.3%	9.6%	305
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,878 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 January 2026?

79.4% of 355 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 86.0% of 272 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 79.4% and 2.8% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.