Seattle Paine Field International in January 2024

62.5%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 112 domestic departures from Seattle Paine Field International (PAE). 62.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 52.7% reached their destination on time; 23.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so PAE departures were 11.5 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PAE that month were on time 50.0% of the time (114 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 49%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and air carrier 15%.

On time 52.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.2%
Cancelled 23.2%
Diverted 8.9%

Every scheduled departure from PAE in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	PAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	62.5%	—	86.1%	74.0%
Arrived on time	52.7%	—	84.2%	72.9%
Cancelled	23.2%	—	0.9%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.8 min	—	9.4 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	—	4	18,242
Scheduled departures	112	—	1,266	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	112	100%	52.7%	2.3 min	23.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PAE–HNL	Everett to Honolulu	31	25.8%	20.8 min	19.4%
PAE–LAX	Everett to Los Angeles	31	71.0%	-7.1 min	19.4%
PAE–PHX	Everett to Phoenix	30	50.0%	2.1 min	40.0%
PAE–LAS	Everett to Las Vegas	20	70.0%	0.2 min	10.0%

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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	15.0%	32.6%	101
Late-arriving aircraft	26.2%	39.0%	177
National Aviation System	49.2%	17.9%	332
Extreme weather	9.6%	10.3%	65
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

675 delay minutes on 17 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 January 2024?

62.5% of 112 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 52.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.