Fairbanks International in June 2026

85.9%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 June 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 403 domestic departures from Fairbanks International (FAI). 85.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.4% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.2% of flights departed on time and 72.8% arrived on time, so FAI departures were 13.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in June 2025, the airport had 393 departures with 81.9% leaving on time: a change of +4.0 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at FAI that month were on time 82.7% of the time (404 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 24% and extreme weather 18%.

On time 85.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.4%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Jun 2026	Jun 2025	FAI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jun 2026
Departed on time	85.9%	81.9%	83.2%	72.2%
Arrived on time	85.4%	83.7%	82.0%	72.8%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.3%	1.0%	1.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.5 min	11.1 min	12.6 min	20.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	13	11	20,253
Scheduled departures	403	393	4,165	607,577

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	269	67%	90.3%	-6.4 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	74	18%	81.1%	0.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	60	15%	68.3%	31.7 min	1.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAI–SEA	Fairbanks to Seattle	199	89.4%	-6.4 min	0.0%
FAI–ANC	Fairbanks to Anchorage	99	91.9%	-5.7 min	0.0%
FAI–DEN	Fairbanks to Denver	30	76.7%	4.2 min	0.0%
FAI–ORD	Fairbanks to Chicago	30	60.0%	60.2 min	3.3%
FAI–MSP	Fairbanks to Minneapolis	24	62.5%	11.0 min	0.0%
FAI–PDX	Fairbanks to Portland	21	90.5%	-6.6 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), June 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jun 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	24.0%	30.8%	897
Late-arriving aircraft	43.0%	42.1%	1,606
National Aviation System	15.4%	20.3%	577
Extreme weather	17.5%	6.7%	653
Security	0.2%	0.1%	6

3,739 delay minutes on 58 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 June 2026?

85.9% of 403 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.2% and 72.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In June 2025, 81.9% of 393 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 85.9% and 0.2% in June 2026.

Provenance

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