Ketchikan International in August 2024

74.2%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 275 domestic departures from Ketchikan International (KTN). 74.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.0% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so KTN departures were 1.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 279 departures with 83.9% leaving on time: a change of −9.7 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at KTN that month were on time 79.6% of the time (275 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 35% and extreme weather 12%.

On time 72.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.8%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 1.5%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	KTN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	74.2%	83.9%	79.3%	75.4%
Arrived on time	72.0%	81.7%	79.3%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.4%	2.9%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.3 min	10.3 min	13.4 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	9	7	20,634
Scheduled departures	275	279	2,392	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	244	89%	75.8%	7.0 min	0.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	31	11%	41.9%	54.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
KTN–SEA	Ketchikan to Seattle	182	70.3%	18.7 min	0.0%
KTN–JNU	Ketchikan to Juneau	31	83.9%	-4.4 min	0.0%
KTN–SIT	Ketchikan to Sitka	31	61.3%	7.0 min	6.5%
KTN–WRG	Ketchikan to Wrangell	31	80.6%	-2.3 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	35.3%	33.8%	1,575
Late-arriving aircraft	41.0%	39.8%	1,828
National Aviation System	9.0%	20.4%	400
Extreme weather	12.2%	5.9%	543
Security	2.6%	0.1%	116

4,462 delay minutes on 71 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 August 2024?

74.2% of 275 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 83.9% of 279 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 74.2% and 0.7% in August 2024.

Provenance

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