Seattle Paine Field International in April 2024

90.8%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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 130 domestic departures from Seattle Paine Field International (PAE). 90.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.1% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so PAE departures were 10.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PAE that month were on time 83.1% of the time (130 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 35%, national aviation system 33% and late-arriving aircraft 33%.

On time 83.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.9%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2024	Year earlier	PAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2024
Departed on time	90.8%	—	86.1%	80.5%
Arrived on time	83.1%	—	84.2%	80.2%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	0.9%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.3 min	—	9.4 min	14.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	—	4	19,406
Scheduled departures	130	—	1,266	582,185

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	130	100%	83.1%	0.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PAE–PHX	Everett to Phoenix	53	84.9%	1.0 min	0.0%
PAE–HNL	Everett to Honolulu	30	73.3%	3.5 min	0.0%
PAE–LAX	Everett to Los Angeles	30	96.7%	-10.2 min	0.0%
PAE–LAS	Everett to Las Vegas	17	70.6%	11.1 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), April 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	34.5%	33.6%	404
Late-arriving aircraft	32.6%	41.0%	381
National Aviation System	32.9%	20.0%	385
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.1%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,170 delay minutes on 22 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 April 2024?

90.8% of 130 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 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 April 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.