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Bethel, AK

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Bethel, AK (BET) ranks #282 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Bethel, AK posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

78.3%
On-time
Top 90%
on-time, US airports
54 min
Delay when late
1.27%
Cancelled
#282 of 382
Corpus placement
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BET on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%78.3%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 54,957.

Late Aircraft 48.9% (26,878 min)
Carrier 10.0% (5,513 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 14.4% (7,893 min)
Weather 2.6% (1,437 min)
Security 24.1% (13,236 min)

BET - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: April (89.1%) · worst: December (78.8%)

75%80%85%90% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 78.8%

BET - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

82%84%86%88%90% 202020212022202320242025 87.5% 87.2% ▼ -0.3%

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

Average taxi-out 11.6 min · taxi-in 4.2 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

5 min10 min15 min20 min Jan 24Dec 25 11.2 min 12.5 min ▲ +11.6%

BET's average taxi-out (11.6 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (November 2025, 16.2 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Bethel, AK.

Cancellation Rate

1.27%

104 of 8,174 flights

Diversion Rate

0.01%

1 of 8,174 flights

Delay Rate

21.7%

1,775 of 8,174 flights

Top Routes from BET

Busiest routes to and from Bethel, AK.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
ANC (Anchorage) → BET (Bethel) 4,045 83.4% 399 mi
BET (Bethel) → ANC (Anchorage) 4,045 69.3% 399 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Bethel, 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: 78.3%).

Niagara Falls, NY

Niagara Falls, NY

78.2% on-time 5,099 flights

Chicago, IL

Chicago, IL

78.4% on-time 880,912 flights

Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

Dallas/Fort Worth, TX

78.5% on-time 3,395,134 flights

Newark, NJ

Newark, NJ

78.1% on-time 1,354,054 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 8,174).

Gillette, WY

Gillette, WY

8,123 flights 86% on-time

Springfield, IL

Springfield, IL

8,116 flights 82.8% on-time

Ponce, PR

Ponce, PR

8,079 flights 74.5% on-time

Stillwater, OK

Stillwater, OK

8,044 flights 87.7% 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

BET delay-share reading

The standout signal at Bethel, AK is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 48.9% of 54,957 delay minutes across 8,174 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 78.3% (0.7 pts below the 79% national average), with 1,775 delayed and 104 cancelled (1.27%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (48.9% late-aircraft, 10.0% carrier, 14.4% NAS, 2.6% weather, 24.1% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, BET is strongest in April (89.1% on-time) and weakest in December (78.8%), a 10.3-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~126 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ANC (Anchorage) at 83.4% 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 BET's data

BET'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 BET before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in April rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 11.6 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.