Fairbanks International in March 2026

77.9%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 357 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 77.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.0% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 5.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 287 departures with 94.1% leaving on time: a change of −16.2 points, with flights up 24%.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 76.4% of the time (356 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 54%, air carrier 34% and extreme weather 8%.

On time 81.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.8%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	77.9%	94.1%	83.2%	72.8%
Arrived on time	81.0%	93.0%	82.0%	73.2%
Cancelled	1.7%	0.3%	1.0%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.8 min	3.5 min	12.6 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	10	11	20,403
Scheduled departures	357	287	4,165	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	326	91%	81.6%	3.7 min	1.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	9%	74.2%	35.9 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	179	80.4%	6.1 min	2.2%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	178	81.5%	6.8 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	33.5%	33.5%	1,977
Late-arriving aircraft	54.0%	39.3%	3,186
National Aviation System	4.6%	21.0%	270
Extreme weather	7.9%	5.9%	463
Security	0.0%	0.2%	1

5,897 delay minutes on 60 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 March 2026?

77.9% of 357 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 94.1% of 287 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 77.9% and 1.7% in March 2026.

Provenance

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