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ANC vs FAI - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
ANC

Anchorage, AK

Anchorage, Alaska

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Airport B
FAI

Fairbanks, AK

Fairbanks, Alaska

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric ANC FAI
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 82.6% 83.1%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 61.5 min 59.2 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 17.4% 16.9%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 0.85% 0.80%
Total Flights 214,443 44,233
Delayed Flights 37,374 7,479
Cancelled Flights 1,816 352
Top Delay Cause Carrier Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

ANC - Anchorage, AK

Carrier 44.1%
Late Aircraft 33.3%
NAS 17.1%
Weather 5.3%
Security 0.2%

FAI - Fairbanks, AK

Late Aircraft 43.8%
Carrier 36.6%
NAS 17.2%
Weather 2.3%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

Top routes from ANC

Route Flights On-Time
SEA → ANC
Anchorage
41,143 77.5%
ANC → SEA
Seattle
41,064 85.8%
FAI → ANC
Anchorage
8,502 87.4%
ANC → FAI
Fairbanks
8,478 87.3%
ANC → JNU
Juneau
6,787 85%
JNU → ANC
Anchorage
6,699 84.8%

Top routes from FAI

Route Flights On-Time
SEA → FAI
Fairbanks
11,703 76.4%
FAI → SEA
Seattle
11,702 82.2%
FAI → ANC
Anchorage
8,502 87.4%
ANC → FAI
Fairbanks
8,478 87.3%
FAI → ORD
Chicago
510 84.3%
ORD → FAI
Fairbanks
510 76.3%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.