SEA to AUS flight delays
Seattle, WA (SEA) Austin, TX (AUS) · 1,770 miles
207 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
73.79%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.48%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
50 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
14 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
This is a thin route — 207 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Flights from Seattle to Austin run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Every airline on SEA to AUS
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 90 | 73.03% | 1.11% | 50 min | — |
| Alaska Airlines | 90 | 84.44% | 0% | 58 min | — |
| Southwest Airlines | 27 | 40.74% | 0% | 42 min | — |
The return leg
AUS to SEA Austin back to Seattle 78.43% on time COther routes from Seattle
Common questions
Are flights from Seattle to Austin usually delayed?
73.79% of flights on the SEA to AUS route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
How often are SEA to AUS flights cancelled?
0.48% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 5 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When SEA to AUS flights are late, how late are they?
About 50 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 SEA to AUS during March 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 →