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Flight Reliability

AS 798 · Alaska Airlines

Los Angeles → Seattle (LAXSEA)96% of its flights flew this route. The rest (SEA–LAS) are included in these numbers.

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
0.8%
Cancelled
8 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 253 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

AS 798 departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 50% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Thursdays have been rough.

AS 798 arrived on time 95% of the time on Mondays and just 80% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

A bit ahead of the Alaska Airlines network.

AS 798 arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 80% across the Alaska Airlines network.

Ticking up lately.

AS 798 arrived on time 91% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon95%(40 flights)
  • Tue81%(43 flights)
  • Wed86%(35 flights)
  • Thu80%(39 flights)
  • Fri93%(27 flights)
  • Sat92%(25 flights)
  • Sun81%(42 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM85%(34 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(207 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM50%(10 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 71% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%21
July 202582%22
August 202569%13
November 202593%30
December 202583%30
January 202682%27
February 202689%28
March 202694%31
April 202696%25
May 202683%18
Departures on time
85%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
251
Months covered
11

Based on 253 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.