Ketchikan International in May 2024

81.1%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 217 domestic departures from Ketchikan International (KTN). 81.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.0% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so KTN departures were 7.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at KTN that month were on time 78.8% of the time (217 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 55%, air carrier 40% and national aviation system 5%.

On time 82.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.7%
Cancelled 2.3%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from KTN in May 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	KTN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	81.1%	—	79.3%	73.4%
Arrived on time	82.0%	—	79.3%	72.3%
Cancelled	2.3%	—	2.9%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.6 min	—	13.4 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	7	20,325
Scheduled departures	217	—	2,392	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	217	100%	82.0%	-2.1 min	2.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
KTN–SEA	Ketchikan to Seattle	124	89.5%	-6.6 min	1.6%
KTN–JNU	Ketchikan to Juneau	31	74.2%	-2.9 min	9.7%
KTN–SIT	Ketchikan to Sitka	31	77.4%	7.2 min	0.0%
KTN–WRG	Ketchikan to Wrangell	31	64.5%	7.1 min	0.0%

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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	40.0%	29.8%	869
Late-arriving aircraft	55.1%	43.0%	1,198
National Aviation System	4.9%	20.1%	107
Extreme weather	0.0%	7.0%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,174 delay minutes on 34 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 KTN on time in May 2024?

81.1% of 217 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 2023 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for KTN · methodology · corrections.