Seattle Paine Field International in April 2025

88.3%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 111 domestic departures from Seattle Paine Field International (PAE). 88.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.3% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so PAE departures were 7.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 130 departures with 90.8% leaving on time: a change of −2.5 points, with flights down 15%.

Flights arriving at PAE that month were on time 86.4% of the time (110 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 88.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.7%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	PAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	88.3%	90.8%	86.1%	80.6%
Arrived on time	88.3%	83.1%	84.2%	79.5%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.4 min	7.3 min	9.4 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	4	4	19,465
Scheduled departures	111	130	1,266	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	111	100%	88.3%	-2.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PAE–PHX	Everett to Phoenix	60	91.7%	0.3 min	0.0%
PAE–LAS	Everett to Las Vegas	30	83.3%	-2.9 min	0.0%
PAE–HNL	Everett to Honolulu	21	85.7%	-12.0 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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	37.1%	32.7%	208
Late-arriving aircraft	51.2%	39.4%	287
National Aviation System	11.8%	22.2%	66
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.5%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

561 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 April 2025?

88.3% of 111 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 90.8% of 130 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 88.3% and 0.0% in April 2025.

Provenance

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