Ketchikan International in March 2026

72.0%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 186 domestic departures from Ketchikan International (KTN). 72.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.0% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so KTN departures were 0.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 186 departures with 88.7% leaving on time: a change of −16.7 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at KTN that month were on time 68.8% of the time (186 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 72%, national aviation system 15% and extreme weather 9%.

On time 71.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.9%
Cancelled 1.6%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	KTN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	72.0%	88.7%	79.3%	72.8%
Arrived on time	71.0%	86.6%	79.3%	73.2%
Cancelled	1.6%	0.0%	2.9%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.0 min	9.3 min	13.4 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	6	7	20,403
Scheduled departures	186	186	2,392	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	186	100%	71.0%	11.4 min	1.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
KTN–SEA	Ketchikan to Seattle	93	72.0%	11.3 min	2.2%
KTN–JNU	Ketchikan to Juneau	31	77.4%	4.0 min	0.0%
KTN–SIT	Ketchikan to Sitka	31	54.8%	26.9 min	3.2%
KTN–WRG	Ketchikan to Wrangell	31	77.4%	4.7 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	4.4%	33.5%	158
Late-arriving aircraft	71.7%	39.3%	2,565
National Aviation System	15.0%	21.0%	538
Extreme weather	8.8%	5.9%	314
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,575 delay minutes on 50 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 March 2026?

72.0% of 186 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 88.7% of 186 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 72.0% and 1.6% in March 2026.

Provenance

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