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Wenatchee, WA

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Wenatchee, WA (EAT) ranks #354 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Wenatchee, WA posts top-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

87.3%
On-time
Top 14%
on-time, US airports
60 min
Delay when late
1.51%
Cancelled
#354 of 382
Corpus placement
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EAT on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%87.3%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 11,436.

Late Aircraft 40.3% (4,611 min)
Carrier 30.5% (3,485 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 16.8% (1,916 min)
Weather 12.5% (1,424 min)
Security 0.0% (0 min)

EAT - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: May (96.4%) · worst: December (83.3%)

80%85%90%95%100% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 83.3%

EAT - on-time rate by year

2021–2022, year-over-year trend.

91%92%93%94%95% 20212022 94.6% 91.7% ▼ -3.1%

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

Average taxi-out 8.4 min · taxi-in 5 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

4 min6 min8 min10 min12 min14 min Jan 21Dec 22 8.5 min 12.1 min ▲ +42.4%

EAT's average taxi-out (8.4 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (December 2022, 12.1 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Wenatchee, WA.

Cancellation Rate

1.51%

43 of 2,841 flights

Diversion Rate

0.00%

0 of 2,841 flights

Delay Rate

12.7%

362 of 2,841 flights

Top Routes from EAT

Busiest routes to and from Wenatchee, WA.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
EAT (Wenatchee) → SEA (Seattle) 1,395 86.1% 99 mi
SEA (Seattle) → EAT (Wenatchee) 1,394 87.9% 99 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Wenatchee, WA, both outside Washington 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: 87.3%).

Rhinelander, WI

Rhinelander, WI

87.3% on-time 9,618 flights

Moab, UT

Moab, UT

87.3% on-time 5,341 flights

Erie, PA

Erie, PA

87.3% on-time 3,197 flights

Monroe, LA

Monroe, LA

87.2% on-time 22,635 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 2,841).

Dillingham, AK

Dillingham, AK

2,866 flights 82.6% on-time

Hagerstown, MD

Hagerstown, MD

2,806 flights 69.2% on-time

Pierre, SD

Pierre, SD

3,006 flights 87% on-time

Dubuque, IA

Dubuque, IA

3,012 flights 89.5% on-time

Other Airports in Washington

Compare performance with other Washington airports.

SEA 83.1%

Seattle, WA

Seattle · 1,871,155 flights
GEG 84.4%

Spokane, WA

Spokane · 205,595 flights
PSC 86.9%

Pasco/Kennewick/Richland, WA

Pasco/Kennewick/Richland · 63,750 flights
BLI 85.8%

Bellingham, WA

Bellingham · 29,229 flights
PAE 84.3%

Everett, WA

Everett · 19,411 flights
PUW 86.6%

Pullman, WA

Pullman · 4,696 flights
ALW 88.8%

Walla Walla, WA

Walla Walla · 4,519 flights
YKM 88%

Yakima, WA

Yakima · 2,733 flights

EAT delay-share reading

The standout signal at Wenatchee, WA is traffic scale: 2,841 BTS flights (2021–2022) place it #354 of 382 by book size. That quiet-book footprint sits beside a 87.3% on-time rate (8.3 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average), 362 delayed departures, and 43 cancellations (1.51% of the book).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (40.3% late-aircraft, 30.5% carrier, 16.8% NAS, 12.5% weather, 0.0% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, EAT is strongest in May (96.4% on-time) and weakest in December (83.3%), a 13.1-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~155 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to SEA (Seattle) at 86.1% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Washington: Washington flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2021–2022). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using EAT's data

EAT's on-time book is stronger than most peers; the remaining risk sits in the delay mix, not a weak headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from EAT before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in May rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 8.4 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.