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Flight Reliability

AS 43 · Alaska Airlines

Anchorage → BET (ANCBET)

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
3.2%
Cancelled
7 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 346 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Tuesday is the weak spot.

AS 43 arrived on time 90% of the time on Saturdays. On Tuesdays: 78%.

A bit ahead of the Alaska Airlines network.

AS 43 arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 80% across the Alaska Airlines network.

Keep a backup plan handy.

AS 43 was cancelled 3.2% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

AS 43 arrived on time 91% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon82%(50 flights)
  • Tue78%(50 flights)
  • Wed83%(36 flights)
  • Thu87%(46 flights)
  • Fri90%(50 flights)
  • Sat90%(52 flights)
  • Sun82%(50 flights)
On-time trend by month
94%
May

Jun 83% → May 94% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%30
July 202580%30
August 202582%28
September 202596%26
October 202584%25
November 202582%27
December 202591%23
January 202662%26
February 202682%27
March 202681%31
April 2026100%30
May 202694%31
Departures on time
84%
Diverted
0.3%
Flights flown
334
Months covered
12

Based on 346 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.