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Route Reliability

Ontario → Seattle

ONTSEA · 956 miles · Ontario International Airport to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport

90
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
87%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
1.2%
Cancelled
2,577
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Delta Air Lines92%1,141 flights
  2. 2.Frontier Airlines84%171 flights
  3. 3.Alaska Airlines83%1,265 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ONT–SEA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 66% between 6–9 PM.

Wednesday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 90% on time on Wednesdays against 83% on Fridays.

Delta Air Lines runs this route best.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 92% of the time on this route; Alaska Airlines managed 83%.

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
  • Mon87%(386 flights)
  • Tue89%(355 flights)
  • Wed90%(343 flights)
  • Thu85%(367 flights)
  • Fri83%(372 flights)
  • Sat88%(324 flights)
  • Sun88%(397 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM(2 flights)
  • 6–9 AM94%(737 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM92%(567 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(316 flights)
  • 3–6 PM88%(653 flights)
  • 6–9 PM66%(269 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 86% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202586%265
July 202583%293
August 202585%264
September 202589%211
October 202585%198
November 202587%204
December 202583%197
January 202688%157
February 202696%135
March 202688%174
April 202691%199
May 202690%247

Based on 2,577 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.