Flights Anchorage → Fairbanks
ANC → FAI
How long is the flight from Anchorage to Fairbanks?
The flight from Anchorage (ANC) to Fairbanks (FAI) takes 37 min on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Anchorage to Fairbanks has a high on-time performance rate of 88%, with an average delay of just 1.3 minutes across the total of 573 flights recorded. The destination airport in Fairbanks serves over one million passengers annually, highlighting its significance as a major travel hub for the region.
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) → Fairbanks (FAI) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 1432 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.98%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 26.8/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Fairbanks the average ATFM delay is 1.4 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Anchorage the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes.
Heading to Fairbanks: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Anchorage (ANC) to Fairbanks (FAI) heads north for about 418 km, a flight time of roughly 37m.
Departures from Anchorage on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 35% of ANC-FAI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Anchorage the average ATFM delay is 5.5 min (atfm); arriving into Fairbanks it is 1.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 1,432 tracked ANC-FAI flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 1.0% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 85% | -1 min | 0.5% |
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Frequently asked questions about ANC-FAI
The flight from Anchorage (ANC) to Fairbanks (FAI) takes 37 min on average. That is the median time recorded across 1 scheduled flight on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Anchorage (ANC) -> Fairbanks (FAI) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 1432 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Anchorage-Fairbanks is 0.98% across 1432 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.
