Flights Anchorage → Bethel
ANC → BET
Route overview
This flight route operates between Anchorage and Bethel, utilizing Boeing 737-400 aircraft. With a high on-time performance rate of 85%, the average delay is only 4.7 minutes, making it reliable for travelers. The destination airport in Bethel, which opened in 1958, sees around 321,748 passengers annually.
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) → Bethel (BET) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 278 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.80%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Bethel the average ATFM delay is 1.5 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Anchorage the average ATFM delay is 0.9 minutes.
Heading to Bethel: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Anchorage (ANC) to Bethel (BET) heads west for about 640 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 13m.
Departures from Anchorage on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 43% of ANC-BET flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Anchorage the average ATFM delay is 0.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Bethel it is 1.5 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 278 tracked ANC-BET flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 1.8% 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-BET
On the Anchorage (ANC) -> Bethel (BET) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 278 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Anchorage-Bethel is 1.80% across 278 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Alaska Airlines.
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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.
