Fairbanks International in April 2026

94.7%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 319 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 94.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 93.1% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 15.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 249 departures with 90.4% leaving on time: a change of +4.3 points, with flights up 28%.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 90.0% of the time (319 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 42% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 93.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 6.6%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	94.7%	90.4%	83.2%	79.1%
Arrived on time	93.1%	87.6%	82.0%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.8%	1.0%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	4.4 min	9.0 min	12.6 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	8	11	19,931
Scheduled departures	319	249	4,165	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	288	90%	93.4%	-10.3 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	30	9%	90.0%	-9.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	1	0%	100.0%	-19.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	168	93.5%	-9.6 min	0.6%
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	150	92.7%	-10.9 min	0.0%
FAI–ORD	Fairbanks to Chicago	1	100.0%	-19.0 min	0.0%

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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	44.2%	33.5%	552
Late-arriving aircraft	42.0%	40.4%	525
National Aviation System	13.8%	21.0%	172
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.0%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,249 delay minutes on 21 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 April 2026?

94.7% of 319 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 93.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 90.4% of 249 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 94.7% and 0.3% in April 2026.

Provenance

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