Flights Anchorage → Seattle
ANC → SEA
Route overview
The flight route from Anchorage to Seattle operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 89%. Over the course of a year, it sees around 1354 flights using various Boeing 737 models. The average delay per flight is just 3.9 minutes, and the destination airport serves over 52 million 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) → Seattle (SEA) route is operated by Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines. Across 1869 flights monitored in recent months, 86% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.51%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 21.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Seattle the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Anchorage the average ATFM delay is 0.9 minutes.
Heading to Seattle: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Anchorage (ANC) to Seattle (SEA) heads south-east for about 2,326 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 20m.
Departures from Anchorage on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 30% of ANC-SEA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Anchorage the average ATFM delay is 0.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Seattle it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,869 tracked ANC-SEA flights, 86% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 2.5% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| United Airlines (UA) | 74% | 10 min | 6.9% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about ANC-SEA
On the Anchorage (ANC) -> Seattle (SEA) route, on-time performance is 86% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 1869 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Anchorage-Seattle is 2.51% across 1869 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United 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.
