Seattle Paine Field International in January 2026

83.1%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 154 domestic departures from Seattle Paine Field International (PAE). 83.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.1% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so PAE departures were 7.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 102 departures with 80.4% leaving on time: a change of +2.7 points, with flights up 51%.

Flights arriving at PAE that month were on time 85.7% of the time (154 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 35%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 32%.

On time 83.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.6%
Cancelled 2.6%
Diverted 0.6%

Every scheduled departure from PAE in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	PAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	83.1%	80.4%	86.1%	75.6%
Arrived on time	83.1%	81.4%	84.2%	75.3%
Cancelled	2.6%	2.9%	0.9%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.9 min	7.0 min	9.4 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	3	4	18,133
Scheduled departures	154	102	1,266	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	152	99%	82.9%	-3.4 min	2.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	2	1%	100.0%	-30.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PAE–PHX	Everett to Phoenix	51	68.6%	12.7 min	3.9%
PAE–LAS	Everett to Las Vegas	45	93.3%	-10.2 min	4.4%
PAE–HNL	Everett to Honolulu	31	87.1%	-13.4 min	0.0%
PAE–LAX	Everett to Los Angeles	25	88.0%	-10.2 min	0.0%
PAE–DEN	Everett to Denver	2	100.0%	-30.0 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	35.3%	37.3%	392
Late-arriving aircraft	33.2%	35.0%	368
National Aviation System	31.5%	18.0%	349
Extreme weather	0.0%	9.6%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,109 delay minutes on 21 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 2026?

83.1% of 154 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 80.4% of 102 departures left on time and 2.9% were cancelled, against 83.1% and 2.6% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.