Sitka Rocky Gutierrez in July 2026

91.0%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 155 domestic departures from Sitka Rocky Gutierrez (SIT). 91.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.3% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so SIT departures were 22.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 155 departures with 78.1% leaving on time: a change of +12.9 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at SIT that month were on time 86.5% of the time (155 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 90.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.0%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from SIT in July 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	SIT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	91.0%	78.1%	81.6%	68.8%
Arrived on time	90.3%	76.8%	79.8%	69.4%
Cancelled	0.6%	1.3%	2.6%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.8 min	11.2 min	11.3 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	5	4	21,066
Scheduled departures	155	155	1,333	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	155	100%	90.3%	-5.0 min	0.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SIT–JNU	Sitka to Juneau	62	96.8%	-14.7 min	1.6%
SIT–SEA	Sitka to Seattle	62	79.0%	7.3 min	0.0%
SIT–KTN	Sitka to Ketchikan	31	100.0%	-10.9 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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	39.5%	31.7%	334
Late-arriving aircraft	34.0%	41.8%	288
National Aviation System	24.2%	19.9%	205
Extreme weather	0.0%	6.5%	0
Security	2.2%	0.1%	19

846 delay minutes on 14 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 July 2026?

91.0% of 155 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 78.1% of 155 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 91.0% and 0.6% in July 2026.

Provenance

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