Seattle Paine Field International in December 2023

84.7%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 124 domestic departures from Seattle Paine Field International (PAE). 84.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.0% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so PAE departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PAE that month were on time 86.3% of the time (124 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, national aviation system 36% and air carrier 10%.

On time 79.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.4%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.8%

Every scheduled departure from PAE in December 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	PAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	84.7%	—	86.1%	83.1%
Arrived on time	79.0%	—	84.2%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	0.9%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.3 min	—	9.4 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	—	4	19,013
Scheduled departures	124	—	1,266	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	124	100%	79.0%	0.9 min	0.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PAE–HNL	Everett to Honolulu	31	67.7%	3.4 min	0.0%
PAE–LAS	Everett to Las Vegas	31	80.6%	0.1 min	0.0%
PAE–LAX	Everett to Los Angeles	31	74.2%	3.7 min	3.2%
PAE–PHX	Everett to Phoenix	31	93.5%	-3.3 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 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	10.0%	37.1%	92
Late-arriving aircraft	49.6%	38.8%	456
National Aviation System	35.5%	17.6%	326
Extreme weather	4.9%	6.2%	45
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

919 delay minutes on 24 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 PAE on time in December 2023?

84.7% of 124 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for PAE · methodology · corrections.