Sitka Rocky Gutierrez in August 2024

76.4%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 174 domestic departures from Sitka Rocky Gutierrez (SIT). 76.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.4% reached their destination on time; 4.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so SIT departures were 1.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 186 departures with 88.7% leaving on time: a change of −12.3 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at SIT that month were on time 65.9% of the time (173 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 34%, air carrier 30% and late-arriving aircraft 23%.

On time 76.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.0%
Cancelled 4.0%
Diverted 0.6%

Every scheduled departure from SIT in August 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	SIT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	76.4%	88.7%	81.6%	75.4%
Arrived on time	76.4%	86.0%	79.8%	74.7%
Cancelled	4.0%	0.0%	2.6%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.0 min	14.2 min	11.3 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	6	4	20,634
Scheduled departures	174	186	1,333	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	143	82%	79.0%	9.7 min	3.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	31	18%	64.5%	29.5 min	6.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SIT–SEA	Sitka to Seattle	81	65.4%	25.9 min	3.7%
SIT–JNU	Sitka to Juneau	62	82.3%	3.9 min	4.8%
SIT–KTN	Sitka to Ketchikan	31	93.5%	-1.4 min	3.2%

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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.2%	33.8%	986
Late-arriving aircraft	23.1%	39.8%	754
National Aviation System	11.2%	20.4%	365
Extreme weather	34.4%	5.9%	1,126
Security	1.2%	0.1%	39

3,270 delay minutes on 33 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 SIT on time in August 2024?

76.4% of 174 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 88.7% of 186 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 76.4% and 4.0% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for SIT · methodology · corrections.