Flights Anchorage → Nome
ANC → OME
Route overview
The flight route from Anchorage to Nome operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving on-time performance of ninety percent. Over the course of the year, an average of 178 flights are conducted using Boeing 737-400 aircraft, with each flight experiencing only a mean delay of three minutes. The destination airport sees approximately 130,174 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) → Nome (OME) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 238 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.04%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.8/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Nome the average ATFM delay is 0.3 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Anchorage the average ATFM delay is 0.9 minutes.
Heading to Nome: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Anchorage (ANC) to Nome (OME) heads north-west for about 864 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 30m.
Departures from Anchorage on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 50% of ANC-OME flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Anchorage the average ATFM delay is 0.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Nome it is 0.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 238 tracked ANC-OME flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 5.0% 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-OME
On the Anchorage (ANC) -> Nome (OME) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 238 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Anchorage-Nome is 5.04% across 238 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.
