OTZ to ANC flight delays
Kotzebue, AK (OTZ) Anchorage, AK (ANC) · 549 miles
362 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
84.81%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.59%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
73 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
12 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 3.59% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
The season swings this route hard. In September it ran 25.4 points more punctual than in January — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 73 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
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 OTZ to ANC. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in January.
Every airline on OTZ 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 | 362 | 84.81% | 3.59% | 73 min | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ANC to OTZ Anchorage back to Kotzebue 86.17% on time CCommon questions
Are flights from Kotzebue to Anchorage usually delayed?
84.81% of flights on the OTZ to ANC route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Kotzebue to Anchorage?
Only Alaska Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 362 flights and 84.81% arriving on time.
How often are OTZ to ANC flights cancelled?
3.59% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 36 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Kotzebue to Anchorage?
September, when 93.3% of flights arrived on time. The worst was January at 67.9%.
When OTZ to ANC flights are late, how late are they?
About 73 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 OTZ 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 →