Ketchikan International in December 2025

62.1%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 182 domestic departures from Ketchikan International (KTN). 62.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 62.1% reached their destination on time; 6.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so KTN departures were 9.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 182 departures with 81.3% leaving on time: a change of −19.2 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at KTN that month were on time 58.8% of the time (182 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 68%, air carrier 17% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 62.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 31.3%
Cancelled 6.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	KTN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	62.1%	81.3%	79.3%	72.0%
Arrived on time	62.1%	83.0%	79.3%	71.9%
Cancelled	6.6%	0.5%	2.9%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.9 min	12.8 min	13.4 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	6	7	19,410
Scheduled departures	182	182	2,392	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	182	100%	62.1%	14.8 min	6.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
KTN–SEA	Ketchikan to Seattle	91	68.1%	4.2 min	5.5%
KTN–SIT	Ketchikan to Sitka	31	35.5%	40.3 min	16.1%
KTN–JNU	Ketchikan to Juneau	30	76.7%	10.1 min	6.7%
KTN–WRG	Ketchikan to Wrangell	30	56.7%	27.1 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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	17.0%	33.3%	706
Late-arriving aircraft	67.5%	41.1%	2,804
National Aviation System	9.3%	19.1%	386
Extreme weather	6.2%	6.4%	256
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,152 delay minutes on 57 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 2025?

62.1% of 182 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 62.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 81.3% of 182 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 62.1% and 6.6% in December 2025.

Provenance

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