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Flight Reliability

AS 54 · Alaska Airlines

Anchorage → Seattle (ANCSEA)88% of its flights flew this route. The rest (SJC–LIH, SJC–KOA) are included in these numbers.

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min early
Average arrival delay
2.1%
Cancelled
13 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 335 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Mornings have a slight edge.

Departures between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, against 86% between 12–3 AM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

AS 54 arrived on time 95% of the time on Wednesdays and just 78% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit ahead of the Alaska Airlines network.

AS 54 arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 80% across the Alaska Airlines network.

Ticking up lately.

AS 54 arrived on time 90% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon86%(42 flights)
  • Tue84%(50 flights)
  • Wed95%(43 flights)
  • Thu94%(49 flights)
  • Fri84%(44 flights)
  • Sat84%(50 flights)
  • Sun78%(50 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM86%(289 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(34 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM(5 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 79% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%19
July 202571%28
August 202587%31
September 202597%30
October 202589%28
November 202589%28
December 202580%30
January 202677%30
February 202696%28
March 202692%25
April 202690%20
May 202687%31
Departures on time
82%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
328
Months covered
12

Based on 335 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.