Seattle Paine Field International in July 2025

79.3%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 116 domestic departures from Seattle Paine Field International (PAE). 79.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.9% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so PAE departures were 9.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 58 departures with 79.3% leaving on time: a change of 0.0 points, with flights up 100%.

Flights arriving at PAE that month were on time 82.8% of the time (116 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 86%, national aviation system 13% and air carrier 2%.

On time 81.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.4%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	PAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	79.3%	79.3%	86.1%	69.7%
Arrived on time	81.9%	82.8%	84.2%	69.0%
Cancelled	1.7%	0.0%	0.9%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.1 min	8.3 min	9.4 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	2	4	21,048
Scheduled departures	116	58	1,266	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	92	79%	88.0%	-6.6 min	2.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	24	21%	58.3%	52.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PAE–PHX	Everett to Phoenix	69	88.4%	2.8 min	2.9%
PAE–LAS	Everett to Las Vegas	39	74.4%	9.5 min	0.0%
PAE–DEN	Everett to Denver	8	62.5%	14.1 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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	1.6%	31.1%	35
Late-arriving aircraft	85.5%	40.8%	1,839
National Aviation System	12.8%	20.7%	276
Extreme weather	0.0%	7.3%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,150 delay minutes on 19 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 July 2025?

79.3% of 116 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 79.3% of 58 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 79.3% and 1.7% in July 2025.

Provenance

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