Ketchikan International in February 2026

76.8%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 168 domestic departures from Ketchikan International (KTN). 76.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.4% reached their destination on time; 4.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so KTN departures were 1.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 168 departures with 91.7% leaving on time: a change of −14.9 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at KTN that month were on time 78.6% of the time (168 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 78%, extreme weather 11% and national aviation system 7%.

On time 77.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.5%
Cancelled 4.8%
Diverted 2.4%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	KTN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	76.8%	91.7%	79.3%	78.1%
Arrived on time	77.4%	89.3%	79.3%	78.3%
Cancelled	4.8%	2.4%	2.9%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.6 min	4.2 min	13.4 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	6	7	17,168
Scheduled departures	168	168	2,392	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	168	100%	77.4%	-8.3 min	4.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
KTN–SEA	Ketchikan to Seattle	84	79.8%	-8.2 min	6.0%
KTN–JNU	Ketchikan to Juneau	28	85.7%	-16.5 min	3.6%
KTN–SIT	Ketchikan to Sitka	28	71.4%	-6.2 min	0.0%
KTN–WRG	Ketchikan to Wrangell	28	67.9%	-2.6 min	7.1%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	4.3%	38.2%	55
Late-arriving aircraft	77.5%	37.2%	983
National Aviation System	6.9%	18.5%	88
Extreme weather	11.3%	6.0%	143
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,269 delay minutes on 26 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 February 2026?

76.8% of 168 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 91.7% of 168 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 76.8% and 4.8% in February 2026.

Provenance

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