Flight Reliability
AS 979 · Alaska Airlines
FAT → Seattle (FAT–SEA)
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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 82%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 3 min
- Average arrival delay
- 6.4%
- Cancelled
- 1 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 47 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
The 3–6 PM departure wins.
AS 979 departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 77% between 6–9 PM.
The breakdown
- Mon—(9 flights)
- Tue—(3 flights)
- Wed—(3 flights)
- Thu—(9 flights)
- Fri90%(10 flights)
- Sat—(2 flights)
- Sun—(8 flights)
- 3–6 PM89%(18 flights)
- 6–9 PM77%(26 flights)
- Departures on time
- 84%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 44
- Months covered
- 3
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 47 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.