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Route Reliability

St. Louis → Seattle

STLSEA · 1,709 miles · St. Louis Lambert International Airport to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
882
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Alaska Airlines80%781 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines64%101 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

STL–SEA flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 56% between 6–9 PM.

Saturdays have been rough.

STL–SEA flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Wednesdays and just 64% on Saturdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Alaska Airlines has a clear lead on this route.

Alaska Airlines arrived on time 80% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 64%.

Trending in the right direction.

STL–SEA flights arrived on time 89% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% 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
  • Mon81%(131 flights)
  • Tue84%(109 flights)
  • Wed86%(110 flights)
  • Thu77%(134 flights)
  • Fri75%(134 flights)
  • Sat64%(115 flights)
  • Sun79%(138 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(319 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM77%(31 flights)
  • 12–3 PM86%(84 flights)
  • 3–6 PM73%(309 flights)
  • 6–9 PM56%(128 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 67% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202567%115
July 202569%122
August 202570%110
September 202584%98
October 202590%60
November 202592%49
December 202557%53
January 202681%37
February 202692%37
March 202688%51
April 202695%58
May 202683%81

Based on 882 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.