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Adak Island, AK

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Adak Island, AK (ADK) ranks #366 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Adak Island, AK posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

77%
On-time
Top 93%
on-time, US airports
54 min
Delay when late
3.35%
Cancelled
#366 of 382
Corpus placement
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ADK on-time rate vs. the national average

Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%77%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 8,376.

Late Aircraft 46.3% (3,880 min)
Carrier 4.9% (410 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 14.4% (1,204 min)
Weather 0.7% (59 min)
Security 33.7% (2,823 min)

ADK - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: June (95.1%) · worst: August (78.3%)

75%80%85%90%95%100% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 82.1%

ADK - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

75%80%85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 80% 93.8% ▲ +17.2%

ADK - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 10.9 min · taxi-in 5.5 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min Jan 24Dec 25 15.7 min 15.2 min ▼ -3.2%

ADK's average taxi-out (10.9 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (November 2024, 16.9 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Adak Island, AK.

Cancellation Rate

3.35%

42 of 1,254 flights

Diversion Rate

0.56%

7 of 1,254 flights

Delay Rate

23.0%

289 of 1,254 flights

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Adak Island, AK, both outside Alaska so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 77%).

West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL

West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL

76.9% on-time 302,058 flights

Orlando, FL

Orlando, FL

76.7% on-time 1,718,833 flights

St. Petersburg, FL

St. Petersburg, FL

76.7% on-time 96,149 flights

Santa Maria, CA

Santa Maria, CA

76.6% on-time 2,193 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 1,254).

Fort Leonard Wood, MO

Fort Leonard Wood, MO

1,262 flights 90.5% on-time

Carlsbad, CA

Carlsbad, CA

1,281 flights 89.3% on-time

New Haven, CT

New Haven, CT

1,204 flights 92.9% on-time

Pago Pago, TT

Pago Pago, TT

1,005 flights 74.6% on-time

Other Airports in Alaska

Compare performance with other Alaska airports.

ANC 82.6%

Anchorage, AK

Anchorage · 214,443 flights
JNU 85.3%

Juneau, AK

Juneau · 52,533 flights
FAI 83.1%

Fairbanks, AK

Fairbanks · 44,233 flights
KTN 84.3%

Ketchikan, AK

Ketchikan · 27,238 flights
SIT 82.7%

Sitka, AK

Sitka · 14,900 flights
ADQ 87%

Kodiak, AK

Kodiak · 9,654 flights
PSG 85.4%

Petersburg, AK

Petersburg · 8,696 flights
WRG 84.9%

Wrangell, AK

Wrangell · 8,696 flights

ADK delay-share reading

The standout signal at Adak Island, AK is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 46.3% of 8,376 delay minutes across 1,254 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 77% (2 pts below the 79% national average), with 289 delayed and 42 cancelled (3.35%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (46.3% late-aircraft, 4.9% carrier, 14.4% NAS, 0.7% weather, 33.7% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, ADK is strongest in June (95.1% on-time) and weakest in August (78.3%), a 16.8-point swing. Volume peaks in December (~18 flights/month). Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Alaska: Alaska flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Using ADK's data

ADK's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Compare ADK against airports with a similar on-time rate. Compare airports
  • Travel in June rather than August if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 10.9 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.