Seattle Paine Field International in March 2024

88.7%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 142 domestic departures from Seattle Paine Field International (PAE). 88.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.6% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so PAE departures were 10.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PAE that month were on time 73.2% of the time (142 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 39%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and air carrier 24%.

On time 79.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.7%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	PAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	88.7%	—	86.1%	78.5%
Arrived on time	79.6%	—	84.2%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	0.9%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.4 min	—	9.4 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	—	4	19,726
Scheduled departures	142	—	1,266	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	142	100%	79.6%	4.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PAE–PHX	Everett to Phoenix	62	75.8%	2.5 min	0.0%
PAE–HNL	Everett to Honolulu	31	90.3%	-1.7 min	0.0%
PAE–LAX	Everett to Los Angeles	31	93.5%	-11.3 min	0.0%
PAE–LAS	Everett to Las Vegas	18	50.0%	51.0 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	23.9%	32.1%	422
Late-arriving aircraft	37.2%	42.1%	655
National Aviation System	38.9%	21.4%	686
Extreme weather	0.0%	4.2%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,763 delay minutes on 28 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 March 2024?

88.7% of 142 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.