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Flight Reliability

AS 247 · Alaska Airlines

Seattle → Anchorage (SEAANC)88% of its flights flew this route. The rest (EWR–SEA) are included in these numbers.

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
2 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 166 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

The 3–6 PM departure wins.

AS 247 departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 78% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

AS 247 arrived on time 92% of the time on Mondays and just 69% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit ahead of the SEA–ANC route.

AS 247 arrived on time 80% of the time, versus 75% across the SEA–ANC route.

Recent months have been rougher.

AS 247 arrived on time 71% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 90% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon92%(25 flights)
  • Tue87%(23 flights)
  • Wed71%(24 flights)
  • Thu72%(25 flights)
  • Fri69%(26 flights)
  • Sat88%(17 flights)
  • Sun84%(25 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM(1 flights)
  • 3–6 PM95%(19 flights)
  • 6–9 PM78%(45 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM78%(100 flights)
On-time trend by month
74%
May

Oct 96% → May 74% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
October 202596%22
January 202695%21
February 202679%24
March 202654%28
April 202686%28
May 202674%31
Departures on time
78%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
165
Months covered
9

Based on 166 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.