Fairbanks International in February 2026

84.6%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 332 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 84.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.3% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 6.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 248 departures with 89.5% leaving on time: a change of −4.9 points, with flights up 34%.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 85.8% of the time (332 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 35%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 78.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.1%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	84.6%	89.5%	83.2%	78.1%
Arrived on time	78.3%	86.3%	82.0%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.4%	1.0%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.9 min	7.8 min	12.6 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	8	11	17,168
Scheduled departures	332	248	4,165	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	304	92%	80.6%	0.3 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	28	8%	53.6%	76.1 min	3.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	168	72.6%	16.8 min	0.6%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	164	84.1%	-4.2 min	0.6%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	34.7%	38.2%	1,867
Late-arriving aircraft	31.4%	37.2%	1,692
National Aviation System	19.4%	18.5%	1,045
Extreme weather	14.5%	6.0%	781
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,385 delay minutes on 70 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 February 2026?

84.6% of 332 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 89.5% of 248 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 84.6% and 0.6% in February 2026.

Provenance

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