Fairbanks International in May 2026

89.6%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 357 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 89.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.4% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 12.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 266 departures with 84.2% leaving on time: a change of +5.4 points, with flights up 34%.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 84.7% of the time (359 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 61%, air carrier 20% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 89.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.4%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	89.6%	84.2%	83.2%	77.1%
Arrived on time	89.4%	84.6%	82.0%	77.6%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.4%	1.0%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.0 min	8.3 min	12.6 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	9	11	20,391
Scheduled departures	357	266	4,165	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	284	80%	93.3%	-9.7 min	0.4%
UA United Airlines	42	12%	66.7%	3.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	9%	83.9%	-12.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	173	91.3%	-11.1 min	0.6%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	142	93.7%	-8.6 min	0.0%
FAI–ORD	Fairbanks to Chicago	31	71.0%	2.7 min	0.0%
FAI–DEN	Fairbanks to Denver	11	54.5%	4.5 min	0.0%

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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	20.0%	33.0%	338
Late-arriving aircraft	61.2%	40.4%	1,031
National Aviation System	18.6%	20.5%	314
Extreme weather	0.2%	6.0%	3
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,686 delay minutes on 37 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 May 2026?

89.6% of 357 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 84.2% of 266 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 89.6% and 0.3% in May 2026.

Provenance

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