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Airport Reliability

PAE · Everett

Seattle Paine Field International Airport

83%
Departures within 15 minutes
7 min
Average departure delay
80%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
1.2%
Departures cancelled

Based on 3,520 departures and 3,519 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

Departures from PAE departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 72% between 6–9 PM.

Monday is the weak spot.

Departures from PAE arrived on time 88% of the time on Saturdays. On Mondays: 79%.

Slipping a little lately.

Departures from PAE arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 87% in the three months before that.

When PAE gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(1357 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(766 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(516 flights)
  • 3–6 PM75%(543 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(278 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(550 flights)
  • Tue84%(468 flights)
  • Wed85%(445 flights)
  • Thu81%(499 flights)
  • Fri82%(543 flights)
  • Sat88%(443 flights)
  • Sun79%(512 flights)
On-time trend by month
80%
May

Jun 88% → May 80% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202588%302
July 202585%298
August 202579%289
September 202578%267
October 202581%284
November 202574%307
December 202585%290
January 202687%277
February 202689%274
March 202684%328
April 202678%307
May 202680%237

Airlines departing PAE

Busiest routes from PAE

Based on 3,520 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.