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Airport · CDB · Cold Bay, Alaska

Cold Bay, AK

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Cold Bay, AK (CDB) ranks #374 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Cold Bay, AK posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

62.6%
On-time
Top 100%
on-time, US airports
46 min
Delay when late
4.20%
Cancelled
#374 of 382
Corpus placement
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CDB on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%62.6%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 5,805.

Late Aircraft 38.7% (2,248 min)
Carrier 9.6% (558 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 18.6% (1,080 min)
Weather 4.9% (282 min)
Security 28.2% (1,637 min)

CDB - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: April (93.8%) · worst: October (61.1%)

50%60%70%80%90%100% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 72.2%

CDB - on-time rate by year

2020–2021, year-over-year trend.

65%70%75%80%85%90% 20202021 71.6% 88.1% ▲ +23.0%

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

Average taxi-out 9.2 min · taxi-in 3.3 min over the last 16 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min May 20Aug 21 9.7 min 6.9 min ▼ -28.9%

CDB's average taxi-out (9.2 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (January 2021, 14.4 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Cold Bay, AK.

Cancellation Rate

4.20%

22 of 524 flights

Diversion Rate

0.00%

0 of 524 flights

Delay Rate

37.4%

196 of 524 flights

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Cold Bay, 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: 62.6%).

Aguadilla, PR

Aguadilla, PR

68.6% on-time 24,390 flights

Hagerstown, MD

Hagerstown, MD

69.2% on-time 2,806 flights

Ashland, WV

Ashland, WV

69.5% on-time 5,649 flights

Concord, NC

Concord, NC

72.4% on-time 10,857 flights

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

CDB delay-share reading

The standout signal at Cold Bay, AK is on-time standing: 62.6% (16.4 pts below the 79% national flight-weighted average; roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance) across 524 BTS flights (2020–2021). When a departure runs late, the average delay is 45.5 minutes; cancellations run 4.20%.

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (38.7% late-aircraft, 9.6% carrier, 18.6% NAS, 4.9% weather, 28.2% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, CDB is strongest in April (93.8% on-time) and weakest in October (61.1%), a 32.7-point swing. Volume peaks in December (~36 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 (2020–2021). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using CDB's data

CDB'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 CDB against airports with a similar on-time rate. Compare airports
  • Travel in April rather than October if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 9.2 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.