Ketchikan International in December 2024

81.3%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 182 domestic departures from Ketchikan International (KTN). 81.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.0% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so KTN departures were 3.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 182 departures with 86.3% leaving on time: a change of −5.0 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at KTN that month were on time 78.6% of the time (182 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 73%, air carrier 16% and extreme weather 7%.

On time 83.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.5%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	KTN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	81.3%	86.3%	79.3%	77.8%
Arrived on time	83.0%	85.7%	79.3%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.5%	4.9%	2.9%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.8 min	5.0 min	13.4 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	6	7	19,686
Scheduled departures	182	182	2,392	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	182	100%	83.0%	-0.3 min	0.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
KTN–SEA	Ketchikan to Seattle	91	85.7%	0.3 min	0.0%
KTN–SIT	Ketchikan to Sitka	31	80.6%	3.9 min	0.0%
KTN–JNU	Ketchikan to Juneau	30	83.3%	-3.9 min	0.0%
KTN–WRG	Ketchikan to Wrangell	30	76.7%	-2.9 min	3.3%

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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	15.7%	34.3%	314
Late-arriving aircraft	72.7%	40.2%	1,452
National Aviation System	4.2%	17.8%	84
Extreme weather	7.3%	7.5%	146
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,996 delay minutes on 30 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 December 2024?

81.3% of 182 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 86.3% of 182 departures left on time and 4.9% were cancelled, against 81.3% and 0.5% in December 2024.

Provenance

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