Ketchikan International in October 2024

87.1%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 186 domestic departures from Ketchikan International (KTN). 87.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.0% reached their destination on time; 3.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so KTN departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 186 departures with 84.9% leaving on time: a change of +2.2 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at KTN that month were on time 83.9% of the time (186 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 64%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 86.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.2%
Cancelled 3.2%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	KTN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	87.1%	84.9%	79.3%	85.5%
Arrived on time	86.0%	86.0%	79.3%	85.8%
Cancelled	3.2%	1.1%	2.9%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.7 min	12.6 min	13.4 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	6	7	20,517
Scheduled departures	186	186	2,392	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	186	100%	86.0%	-5.5 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
KTN–SEA	Ketchikan to Seattle	93	87.1%	-3.4 min	3.2%
KTN–JNU	Ketchikan to Juneau	31	93.5%	-19.4 min	3.2%
KTN–SIT	Ketchikan to Sitka	31	77.4%	3.7 min	3.2%
KTN–WRG	Ketchikan to Wrangell	31	83.9%	-7.5 min	3.2%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	27.2%	42.7%	300
Late-arriving aircraft	63.9%	37.4%	705
National Aviation System	9.0%	16.3%	99
Extreme weather	0.0%	3.4%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,104 delay minutes on 19 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 October 2024?

87.1% of 186 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 84.9% of 186 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 87.1% and 3.2% in October 2024.

Provenance

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