Seattle Paine Field International in January 2025

80.4%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 102 domestic departures from Seattle Paine Field International (PAE). 80.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.4% reached their destination on time; 2.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so PAE departures were 1.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 112 departures with 62.5% leaving on time: a change of +17.9 points, with flights down 9%.

Flights arriving at PAE that month were on time 83.3% of the time (102 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 81.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.7%
Cancelled 2.9%
Diverted 2.9%

Every scheduled departure from PAE in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	PAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	80.4%	62.5%	86.1%	79.3%
Arrived on time	81.4%	52.7%	84.2%	78.6%
Cancelled	2.9%	23.2%	0.9%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.0 min	7.8 min	9.4 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	3	4	4	17,992
Scheduled departures	102	112	1,266	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	102	100%	81.4%	-7.4 min	2.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PAE–PHX	Everett to Phoenix	51	78.4%	-2.9 min	5.9%
PAE–HNL	Everett to Honolulu	31	90.3%	-22.4 min	0.0%
PAE–LAS	Everett to Las Vegas	20	75.0%	3.8 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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.4%	36.2%	165
Late-arriving aircraft	36.1%	34.7%	184
National Aviation System	23.3%	19.9%	119
Extreme weather	8.2%	9.1%	42
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

510 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 January 2025?

80.4% of 102 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 62.5% of 112 departures left on time and 23.2% were cancelled, against 80.4% and 2.9% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.