Ketchikan International in October 2025

87.3%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 189 domestic departures from Ketchikan International (KTN). 87.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.8% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so KTN departures were 7.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 186 departures with 87.1% leaving on time: a change of +0.2 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at KTN that month were on time 83.1% of the time (189 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 82%, air carrier 14% and national aviation system 4%.

On time 87.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.0%
Cancelled 2.6%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from KTN in October 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	KTN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	87.3%	87.1%	79.3%	80.0%
Arrived on time	87.8%	86.0%	79.3%	79.1%
Cancelled	2.6%	3.2%	2.9%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.8 min	6.7 min	13.4 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	6	7	20,195
Scheduled departures	189	186	2,392	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	189	100%	87.8%	-5.4 min	2.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
KTN–SEA	Ketchikan to Seattle	96	92.7%	-8.8 min	1.0%
KTN–JNU	Ketchikan to Juneau	31	83.9%	-7.9 min	3.2%
KTN–SIT	Ketchikan to Sitka	31	74.2%	5.8 min	6.5%
KTN–WRG	Ketchikan to Wrangell	31	90.3%	-2.9 min	3.2%

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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	13.7%	34.0%	286
Late-arriving aircraft	82.1%	39.7%	1,718
National Aviation System	4.2%	22.9%	88
Extreme weather	0.0%	3.3%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,092 delay minutes on 17 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 2025?

87.3% of 189 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 87.1% of 186 departures left on time and 3.2% were cancelled, against 87.3% and 2.6% in October 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2025; 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.