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Flight Reliability

AS 698 · Alaska Airlines

Los Angeles → Seattle (LAXSEA)91% of its flights flew this route. The rest (SEA–PHX, LAS–SEA) are included in these numbers.

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
91%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min early
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
12 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 181 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Saturdays have been rough.

AS 698 arrived on time 100% of the time on Tuesdays and just 83% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit ahead of the LAX–SEA route.

AS 698 arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 86% across the LAX–SEA route.

Better than the Alaska Airlines network average.

AS 698 arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 80% across the Alaska Airlines network.

Trending in the right direction.

AS 698 arrived on time 96% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 88% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon92%(26 flights)
  • Tue100%(28 flights)
  • Wed88%(25 flights)
  • Thu96%(26 flights)
  • Fri85%(26 flights)
  • Sat83%(23 flights)
  • Sun92%(24 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(10 flights)
  • 12–3 PM(5 flights)
  • 3–6 PM92%(162 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
97%
May

Jun 90% → May 97% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202590%10
November 202596%25
December 202573%30
February 202694%17
March 2026100%23
April 202692%24
May 202697%31
Departures on time
86%
Diverted
0.6%
Flights flown
178
Months covered
11

Based on 181 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.