Flights Anchorage → Adak Island
ANC → ADK
Route overview
This flight route operates from Anchorage to Adak Island, utilizing a Boeing 737-400 aircraft. With an average delay of 3.4 minutes and an on-time performance rate of 80%, the service maintains relatively high punctuality despite serving a destination airport that handles only 6,318 passengers annually since its opening in 1997.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Anchorage (ANC) → Adak Island (ADK) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 34 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 2 minutes. The cancellation rate is 8.82%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 23.7/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. Departing from Anchorage the average ATFM delay is 0.9 minutes.
Heading to Adak Island: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Anchorage (ANC) to Adak Island (ADK) heads west for about 1,913 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 49m.
Departures from Anchorage on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of ANC-ADK flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Anchorage the average ATFM delay is 0.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 34 tracked ANC-ADK flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 2 min and a 8.8% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about ANC-ADK
On the Anchorage (ANC) -> Adak Island (ADK) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 2 minutes, based on 34 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Anchorage-Adak Island is 8.82% across 34 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Alaska Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Adak Island, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
