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Route · 12 months to July 2026
King Salmon to Anchorage: on-time record
King Salmon Airport to Ted Stevens Anchorage International
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. Data through July 2026; this is a monthly history, not live flight status.
Flights from King Salmon (AKN) to Anchorage (ANC) arrived on time 95.9% of the time in the 12 months to July 2026. Reporting carriers scheduled 171 flights on the route in that period, about 0.5 a day, a distance of 288 miles.
That is 19.9 points above the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period. Flights that did arrive were 15.4 minutes early on average, and 0.0% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).
Alaska Airlines is the only reporting carrier on the route, with 171 flights in the period.
The on-time share is up 11.2 points on the previous 12 months (84.7%); cancellations moved from 0.6% to 0.0%.
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, late-arriving aircraft 93% and security 7%.
- On time 95.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 4.1%
- Cancelled 0.0%
- Diverted 0.0%
Airlines on the route compared
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS Alaska Airlines | 171 | 100% | 95.9% | -15.4 min | 0.0% |
Carriers with at least 24 flights in the 12 months to July 2026. The on-time pill is green when a carrier is at or above the route's overall share. Regional carriers operate flights sold under larger airlines' brands; BTS lists the carrier that operated the flight.
Compared with the airports and the nation
| Measure | AKN to ANC | All departures from AKN | All arrivals at ANC | All reported flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrived on time | 95.9% | — | 77.2% | 76.0% |
| Arrived 15+ minutes late | 4.1% | — | 21.3% | 21.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.0% | — | 1.3% | 1.8% |
| Diverted | 0.0% | — | 0.2% | 0.3% |
| Average arrival delay | -15.4 min | — | 4.1 min | 8.1 min |
| Delay minutes per 100 flights | 214 | — | 1,336 | 1,684 |
| Scheduled flights | 171 | 0 | 20,010 | 7,043,858 |
12 months to July 2026. Delay minutes count late arrivals only (an early arrival is zero), so the per-100-flights row is a normalised total rather than an average of early and late.
The return direction, ANC to AKN, recorded 90.6% on time across 171 flights in the same period.
Month by month
Year on year: on time 95.9% against 84.7% (+11.2 pts), cancelled 0.0% against 0.6%, flights 171 against 163.
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Seasonality
| Calendar month | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg arrival delay | Years in sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr | 7 | 100.0% | 0.0% | -27.0 min | 1 |
| May | 62 | 88.7% | 3.2% | -11.6 min | 3 |
| Jun | 108 | 86.1% | 0.0% | -5.4 min | 3 |
| Jul | 131 | 87.8% | 0.0% | -2.7 min | 3 |
| Aug | 113 | 85.8% | 0.0% | -7.0 min | 3 |
| Sep | 90 | 94.4% | 0.0% | -16.6 min | 3 |
| Oct | 3 | 100.0% | 0.0% | -23.0 min | 1 |
Each calendar month summed across the 36 months on file, so most rows combine three years. The pill compares the month with the route's own 12-month share.
Questions and answers
How often are flights from King Salmon to Anchorage on time?
95.9% of the 171 flights scheduled from AKN to ANC in the 12 months to July 2026 arrived less than 15 minutes after their scheduled time. The national share for the same period was 76.0%. Cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time.
Which airline has the highest on-time share from AKN to ANC?
Alaska Airlines is the only reporting carrier with at least 60 flights on the route in the period, so there is no comparison to make.
What causes delays between King Salmon and Anchorage?
For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: late-arriving aircraft 93%, security 7%, air carrier 0%, national aviation system 0%, extreme weather 0%. The categories are the carriers' own reports to BTS; weather that slows the wider system is usually recorded under the National Aviation System rather than extreme weather.
What time of day has the highest on-time share from AKN?
Too few departure hours carry enough flights on this route to compare them.
Is it getting better?
The on-time share for the 12 months to July 2026 was 95.9%, up 11.2 points on the previous 12 months (84.7%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months.
Where does this data come from?
Every figure is computed from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance files, which list each scheduled domestic flight by the carriers required to report. This page covers August 2023 to July 2026. It shows totals and averages only; it is not a live flight-status service.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987 to present), monthly files August 2023 to July 2026, a US government work in the public domain. Figures are totals and averages over all scheduled flights by reporting carriers on the route; no individual flight or aircraft is identified. Times are local to the departure airport. The load factor and passenger counts from the BTS T-100 series are not included in this edition. See the methodology; report processing errors through corrections.