Ketchikan International in January 2026

67.0%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 182 domestic departures from Ketchikan International (KTN). 67.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 63.7% reached their destination on time; 12.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so KTN departures were 8.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 182 departures with 78.0% leaving on time: a change of −11.0 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at KTN that month were on time 68.7% 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 18% and extreme weather 9%.

On time 63.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.4%
Cancelled 12.6%
Diverted 2.2%

Every scheduled departure from KTN in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	KTN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	67.0%	78.0%	79.3%	75.6%
Arrived on time	63.7%	75.8%	79.3%	75.3%
Cancelled	12.6%	7.7%	2.9%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.6 min	8.3 min	13.4 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	6	7	18,133
Scheduled departures	182	182	2,392	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	182	100%	63.7%	5.3 min	12.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
KTN–SEA	Ketchikan to Seattle	91	67.0%	3.4 min	13.2%
KTN–SIT	Ketchikan to Sitka	31	54.8%	13.4 min	16.1%
KTN–JNU	Ketchikan to Juneau	30	66.7%	2.7 min	13.3%
KTN–WRG	Ketchikan to Wrangell	30	60.0%	5.7 min	6.7%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	17.5%	37.3%	468
Late-arriving aircraft	68.4%	35.0%	1,826
National Aviation System	5.6%	18.0%	149
Extreme weather	8.5%	9.6%	227
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,670 delay minutes on 39 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 January 2026?

67.0% of 182 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 63.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 78.0% of 182 departures left on time and 7.7% were cancelled, against 67.0% and 12.6% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.