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Route Reliability

Anchorage → Fairbanks

ANCFAI · 261 miles · Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport to Fairbanks International Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon85%(364 flights)
  • Tue83%(351 flights)
  • Wed89%(327 flights)
  • Thu84%(361 flights)
  • Fri89%(373 flights)
  • Sat89%(291 flights)
  • Sun90%(376 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 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)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 84% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202584%223
July 202590%229
August 202586%231
September 202592%232
October 202587%207
November 202588%187
December 202580%177
January 202675%181
February 202688%169
March 202685%193
April 202696%205
May 202689%209

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.