Route Reliability
Anchorage → Fairbanks
ANC–FAI · 261 miles · Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport to Fairbanks International Airport
- 87%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 1 min early
- Average arrival delay
- 2.8%
- Cancelled
- 2,514
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Alaska Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 87% of the time across 2,514 flights. No comparison to make.
What the data says
Morning-you made the right choice.
ANC–FAI flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 98% of the time, versus 76% between 3–6 PM.
Sunday has been the better bet.
A small edge: 90% on time on Sundays against 83% on Tuesdays.
Trending in the right direction.
ANC–FAI flights arrived on time 90% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 81% in the three months before that.
Best historical flights
Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.
Top flights by on-time rate
More flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon85%(364 flights)
- Tue83%(351 flights)
- Wed89%(327 flights)
- Thu84%(361 flights)
- Fri89%(373 flights)
- Sat89%(291 flights)
- Sun90%(376 flights)
- 3–6 AM98%(56 flights)
- 6–9 AM94%(347 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM88%(595 flights)
- 12–3 PM86%(394 flights)
- 3–6 PM76%(143 flights)
- 6–9 PM81%(550 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM91%(358 flights)
Jun 84% → May 89% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 84% | 223 |
| July 2025 | 90% | 229 |
| August 2025 | 86% | 231 |
| September 2025 | 92% | 232 |
| October 2025 | 87% | 207 |
| November 2025 | 88% | 187 |
| December 2025 | 80% | 177 |
| January 2026 | 75% | 181 |
| February 2026 | 88% | 169 |
| March 2026 | 85% | 193 |
| April 2026 | 96% | 205 |
| May 2026 | 89% | 209 |
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Based on 2,514 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.