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Route Reliability

Seattle → Austin

SEAAUS · 1,770 miles · Seattle–Tacoma International Airport to Austin–Bergstrom International Airport

83
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
2,055
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 Lines82%930 flights
  2. 2.Alaska Airlines77%1,125 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SEA–AUS flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 63% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

SEA–AUS flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 74%.

Delta Air Lines has a slight edge here.

Delta Air Lines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; Alaska Airlines managed 77%.

Ticking up lately.

SEA–AUS flights arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% 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
  • Mon77%(305 flights)
  • Tue88%(292 flights)
  • Wed80%(296 flights)
  • Thu79%(299 flights)
  • Fri74%(290 flights)
  • Sat80%(245 flights)
  • Sun75%(305 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM83%(30 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(391 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(739 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(206 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(512 flights)
  • 6–9 PM87%(75 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM63%(79 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 65% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202565%202
July 202561%206
August 202576%193
September 202586%166
October 202587%170
November 202580%169
December 202577%168
January 202683%112
February 202687%124
March 202688%168
April 202689%169
May 202681%185

Based on 2,055 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.