Flights Barrow → Anchorage
BRW → ANC
How long is the flight from Barrow to Anchorage?
The flight from Barrow (BRW) to Anchorage (ANC) takes 1h 44m on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
Route overview
The flight route from Barrow to Anchorage operates with an average of 102 flights and has a high on-time performance rate of 80%. Despite this, the mean delay for these flights is approximately 13.4 minutes, serving one of Alaska's busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, which sees around 4.9 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.
US flight refund rules & checker →General information, not legal advice.
The Barrow (BRW) → Anchorage (ANC) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 256 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 11 minutes. The cancellation rate is 8.20%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Anchorage the average ATFM delay is 5.5 minutes (main cause: atfm).
Heading to Anchorage: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Barrow (BRW) to Anchorage (ANC) heads south for about 1,162 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 44m.
Departures from Barrow on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 82% of BRW-ANC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: arriving into Anchorage it is 5.5 min (atfm).
Across 256 tracked BRW-ANC flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 11 min and a 8.2% 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 BRW-ANC
The flight from Barrow (BRW) to Anchorage (ANC) takes 1h 44m on average. That is the median time recorded across 2 scheduled flights on this leg; the actual time varies by a few minutes with wind, routing and take-off queues.
On the Barrow (BRW) -> Anchorage (ANC) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 11 minutes, based on 256 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Barrow-Anchorage is 8.20% across 256 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.
