On-Time Report

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Airport month · June 2026

Seattle/Tacoma International in June 2026

74.0%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 June 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 15,402 domestic departures from Seattle/Tacoma International (SEA). 74.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.6% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.2% of flights departed on time and 72.8% arrived on time, so SEA departures were 1.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in June 2025, the airport had 15,695 departures with 71.7% leaving on time: a change of +2.3 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at SEA that month were on time 76.9% of the time (15,394 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 24%.

Every scheduled departure from SEA in June 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

MeasureJun 2026Jun 2025SEA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jun 2026
Departed on time74.0%71.7%78.2%72.2%
Arrived on time77.6%70.2%78.6%72.8%
Cancelled0.5%0.6%0.9%1.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)15.5 min16.0 min13.2 min20.6 min
Scheduled departures a day51352345220,253
Scheduled departures15,40215,695164,821607,577

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AS Alaska Airlines7,14246%77.7%2.7 min0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines2,88619%81.1%2.0 min0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines2,51916%84.4%0.1 min0.2%
WN Southwest Airlines9196%58.7%17.9 min0.1%
UA United Airlines9156%72.6%9.1 min0.5%
AA American Airlines7075%71.1%26.1 min1.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines1431%71.3%11.7 min2.1%
MQ Envoy Air931%90.3%1.2 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways781%51.3%28.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SEA–ANCSeattle to Anchorage66575.6%5.4 min0.5%
SEA–LAXSeattle to Los Angeles65184.6%-1.6 min0.5%
SEA–DENSeattle to Denver63571.2%8.6 min1.1%
SEA–SFOSeattle to San Francisco63338.9%32.7 min0.8%
SEA–ORDSeattle to Chicago58270.6%18.5 min1.7%
SEA–PHXSeattle to Phoenix56977.3%4.6 min0.2%
SEA–DFWSeattle to Dallas/Fort Worth49167.4%24.3 min1.6%
SEA–LASSeattle to Las Vegas47680.0%3.6 min0.0%
SEA–SANSeattle to San Diego43672.7%4.8 min0.7%
SEA–SMFSeattle to Sacramento40883.8%-0.4 min0.0%
SEA–PDXSeattle to Portland40381.9%2.5 min0.0%
SEA–SJCSeattle to San Jose40276.1%3.3 min0.2%

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), June 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jun 2026Minutes
Air carrier39.4%30.8%74,991
Late-arriving aircraft35.0%42.1%66,568
National Aviation System23.9%20.3%45,381
Extreme weather1.6%6.7%3,045
Security0.1%0.1%148
190,133 delay minutes on 3,343 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left SEA on time in June 2026?

74.0% of 15,402 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.2% and 72.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In June 2025, 71.7% of 15,695 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 74.0% and 0.5% in June 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for June 2026; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for SEA · methodology · corrections.