OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Spokane to Seattle

224 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on GEG–SEA arrive on time 84% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate84%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.0%of scheduled flights

based on 5,151 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Delta Air Linesbest
    On-time93%
    Medianon time
    p905 min
    Cancel0.5%
    Flights214
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time87%
    Medianon time
    p9020 min
    Cancel1.0%
    Flights3,089
  • Alaska Airlines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights1,848

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline36%
  • Weather18%
  • Air traffic (NAS)18%
  • Late aircraft27%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline27%
  • Weather45%
  • Air traffic (NAS)27%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 51 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly GEG → SEA

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 88% on time.

  • Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 6,820 flights
  • Afternoons83% on time · p90 20 min · 2,011 flights
  • Evenings81% on time · p90 30 min · 2,894 flights
  • Middays81% on time · p90 30 min · 3,872 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 82% to 87% on time.

  • Tuesdays87% on time · p90 15 min · 2,238 flights
  • Saturdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 2,028 flights
  • Wednesdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 2,233 flights
  • Mondays85% on time · p90 20 min · 2,304 flights
  • Sundays83% on time · p90 25 min · 2,259 flights
  • Thursdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 2,300 flights
  • Fridays82% on time · p90 25 min · 2,291 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.