Seattle Paine Field International in February 2026

89.9%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 158 domestic departures from Seattle Paine Field International (PAE). 89.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.6% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so PAE departures were 11.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 94 departures with 79.8% leaving on time: a change of +10.1 points, with flights up 68%.

Flights arriving at PAE that month were on time 88.6% of the time (158 scheduled arrivals).

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

On time 88.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.1%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 1.3%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	PAE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	89.9%	79.8%	86.1%	78.1%
Arrived on time	88.6%	78.7%	84.2%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.0%	1.1%	0.9%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.4 min	14.9 min	9.4 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	3	4	17,168
Scheduled departures	158	94	1,266	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	158	100%	88.6%	-4.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PAE–LAS	Everett to Las Vegas	51	90.2%	-5.9 min	0.0%
PAE–PHX	Everett to Phoenix	51	88.2%	1.6 min	0.0%
PAE–HNL	Everett to Honolulu	28	82.1%	-8.9 min	0.0%
PAE–LAX	Everett to Los Angeles	28	92.9%	-8.4 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	36.0%	38.2%	375
Late-arriving aircraft	32.2%	37.2%	336
National Aviation System	31.8%	18.5%	331
Extreme weather	0.0%	6.0%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,042 delay minutes on 16 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 February 2026?

89.9% of 158 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 79.8% of 94 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 89.9% and 0.0% in February 2026.

Provenance

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