Seattle Paine Field International in December 2024

79.8%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 104 domestic departures from Seattle Paine Field International (PAE). 79.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.6% reached their destination on time; 2.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so PAE departures were 2.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 124 departures with 84.7% leaving on time: a change of −4.9 points, with flights down 16%.

Flights arriving at PAE that month were on time 74.3% of the time (105 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, national aviation system 20% and air carrier 18%.

On time 84.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.5%
Cancelled 2.9%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	PAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	79.8%	84.7%	86.1%	77.8%
Arrived on time	84.6%	79.0%	84.2%	78.1%
Cancelled	2.9%	0.8%	0.9%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.5 min	7.3 min	9.4 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	4	4	19,686
Scheduled departures	104	124	1,266	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	104	100%	84.6%	-5.1 min	2.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PAE–PHX	Everett to Phoenix	62	87.1%	-14.2 min	4.8%
PAE–LAS	Everett to Las Vegas	29	82.8%	8.6 min	0.0%
PAE–HNL	Everett to Honolulu	13	76.9%	5.7 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	18.2%	34.3%	130
Late-arriving aircraft	49.6%	40.2%	354
National Aviation System	20.3%	17.8%	145
Extreme weather	11.9%	7.5%	85
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

714 delay minutes on 13 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 2024?

79.8% of 104 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 84.7% of 124 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 79.8% and 2.9% in December 2024.

Provenance

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