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Route Reliability

Phoenix → Anchorage

PHX–ANC · 2,552 miles · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport

82
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
0%
Cancelled
374
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • Alaska Airlines79% on time · 363 flights
  • American Airlines73% on time · 11 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

The late departure is the smart one here.

PHX–ANC flights departing between 9 PM–12 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 66% between 12–3 AM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

PHX–ANC flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Saturdays. On Thursdays: 73%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 374 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

Trending in the right direction.

PHX–ANC flights arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(51 flights)
  • Tue77%(53 flights)
  • Wed79%(52 flights)
  • Thu73%(51 flights)
  • Fri79%(53 flights)
  • Sat85%(54 flights)
  • Sun84%(55 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM66%(29 flights)
  • 6–9 PM79%(306 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM91%(34 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 79% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202579%29
July 202553%30
August 202567%30
September 2025100%30
October 202581%31
November 202577%30
December 202560%30
January 202680%30
February 202693%28
March 202677%31
April 202697%29
May 202685%41

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Based on 374 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.