Seattle Paine Field International in March 2025

83.6%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 116 domestic departures from Seattle Paine Field International (PAE). 83.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.3% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so PAE departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 142 departures with 88.7% leaving on time: a change of −5.1 points, with flights down 18%.

Flights arriving at PAE that month were on time 81.9% of the time (116 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 85.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.9%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.9%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	PAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	83.6%	88.7%	86.1%	79.9%
Arrived on time	85.3%	79.6%	84.2%	79.3%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.0%	0.9%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.4 min	10.4 min	9.4 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	5	4	20,029
Scheduled departures	116	142	1,266	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	116	100%	85.3%	-3.8 min	0.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PAE–PHX	Everett to Phoenix	62	87.1%	-0.2 min	1.6%
PAE–HNL	Everett to Honolulu	31	90.3%	-19.3 min	0.0%
PAE–LAS	Everett to Las Vegas	23	73.9%	7.7 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.3%	33.0%	221
Late-arriving aircraft	43.5%	39.2%	298
National Aviation System	24.2%	21.9%	166
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.9%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

685 delay minutes on 15 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 2025?

83.6% of 116 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 88.7% of 142 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 83.6% and 0.9% in March 2025.

Provenance

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