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Route Reliability

FAT → Seattle

FAT–SEA · 748 miles · FAT Airport to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
1,083
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Alaska Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 79% of the time across 1,083 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

FAT–SEA flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 65% between 6–9 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

FAT–SEA flights arrived on time 87% of the time on Saturdays and just 71% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

FAT–SEA flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 79% 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
  • Mon79%(158 flights)
  • Tue81%(148 flights)
  • Wed80%(148 flights)
  • Thu71%(158 flights)
  • Fri77%(158 flights)
  • Sat87%(139 flights)
  • Sun82%(159 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM70%(371 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM92%(204 flights)
  • 12–3 PM87%(75 flights)
  • 3–6 PM88%(280 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(138 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 70% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%116
July 202574%121
August 202577%117
September 202580%107
October 202586%104
November 202587%89
December 202574%76
January 202679%62
February 202686%55
March 202690%61
April 202678%68
May 202683%92

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Based on 1,083 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.