OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Seattle to Sitka

861 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on SEA–SIT arrive on time 62% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate62%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.4%of scheduled flights

based on 240 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Alaska Airlines
    On-time62%
    Median5 min
    p9060 min
    Cancel0.4%
    Flights240

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline29%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)22%
  • Late aircraft48%
  • Security1%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline100%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 1 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 SEA → SIT

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

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 57% to 67% on time.

  • Middays67% on time · p90 45 min · 421 flights
  • Overnights67% on time · p90 50 min · 296 flights
  • Evenings57% on time · p90 70 min · 185 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 62% to 72% on time.

  • Tuesdays72% on time · p90 35 min · 125 flights · limited
  • Mondays66% on time · p90 45 min · 127 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays64% on time · p90 55 min · 126 flights · limited
  • Thursdays64% on time · p90 55 min · 131 flights · limited
  • Saturdays63% on time · p90 55 min · 131 flights · limited
  • Sundays63% on time · p90 65 min · 130 flights · limited
  • Fridays62% on time · p90 55 min · 132 flights · limited

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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.