AKN to ANC flight delays
King Salmon, AK (AKN) Anchorage, AK (ANC) · 288 miles
164 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
93.9%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
41 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
3 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Flights from King Salmon to Anchorage are among the most dependable in the record. A route this punctual is usually a short hop between airports with slots to spare.
The two directions do not behave alike. ANC to AKN arrives on time 7.4 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Only Alaska Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Alaska Airlines arrived on time most often on AKN to ANC. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in May.
Every airline on AKN to ANC
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines | 164 | 93.9% | 0% | 41 min | A |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ANC to AKN Anchorage back to King Salmon 86.5% on time ACommon questions
Are flights from King Salmon to Anchorage usually delayed?
93.9% of flights on the AKN to ANC route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from King Salmon to Anchorage?
Only Alaska Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 164 flights and 93.9% arriving on time.
How often are AKN to ANC flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When AKN to ANC flights are late, how late are they?
About 41 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on AKN to ANC during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →