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Airport · AKN · King Salmon, Alaska

King Salmon, AK

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), King Salmon, AK (AKN) ranks #347 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). King Salmon, AK posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

81.5%
On-time
Top 73%
on-time, US airports
52 min
Delay when late
1.86%
Cancelled
#347 of 382
Corpus placement
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AKN on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%81.5%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Security. Total delay minutes: 17,895.

Late Aircraft 33.2% (5,933 min)
Carrier 7.7% (1,372 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 13.4% (2,400 min)
Weather 2.8% (507 min)
Security 42.9% (7,683 min)

AKN - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: April (94.4%) · worst: July (78.7%)

75%80%85%90%95%100% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 90.8%

AKN - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

80%85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 92.5% 95.2% ▲ +2.9%

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

Average taxi-out 9.4 min · taxi-in 4 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

0 min5 min10 min15 min Jul 22Oct 25 9.7 min 5 min ▼ -48.5%

AKN's average taxi-out (9.4 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (August 2023, 13.0 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for King Salmon, AK.

Cancellation Rate

1.86%

64 of 3,450 flights

Diversion Rate

0.32%

11 of 3,450 flights

Delay Rate

18.5%

637 of 3,450 flights

Top Routes from AKN

Busiest routes to and from King Salmon, AK.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
ANC (Anchorage) → AKN (King Salmon) 1,475 85.2% 288 mi
AKN (King Salmon) → ANC (Anchorage) 1,396 76.3% 288 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for King Salmon, 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: 81.5%).

Birmingham, AL

Birmingham, AL

81.5% on-time 178,467 flights

Syracuse, NY

Syracuse, NY

81.5% on-time 131,663 flights

South Bend, IN

South Bend, IN

81.5% on-time 72,322 flights

Charlotte Amalie, VI

Charlotte Amalie, VI

81.5% on-time 61,916 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 3,450).

Cape Girardeau, MO

Cape Girardeau, MO

3,473 flights 89.7% on-time

Lewisburg, WV

Lewisburg, WV

3,550 flights 85.9% on-time

Muskegon, MI

Muskegon, MI

3,627 flights 88% on-time

Erie, PA

Erie, PA

3,197 flights 87.3% 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

AKN delay-share reading

The standout signal at King Salmon, AK is the delay mix: Security owns 42.9% of 17,895 delay minutes across 3,450 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 81.5% (2.5 pts above the 79% national average), with 637 delayed and 64 cancelled (1.86%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Security (33.2% late-aircraft, 7.7% carrier, 13.4% NAS, 2.8% weather, 42.9% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, AKN is strongest in April (94.4% on-time) and weakest in July (78.7%), a 15.7-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~109 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ANC (Anchorage) at 85.2% on-time. 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.

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Using AKN's data

AKN'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.

  • Check the busiest route from AKN before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in April rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 9.4 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.