Flights Billings → Seattle
BIL → SEA
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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 Billings (BIL) → Seattle (SEA) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 243 flights monitored in recent months, 93% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of -0 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.23%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.5/100 (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 Billings the average ATFM delay is 1.7 minutes.
Heading to Seattle: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Billings (BIL) to Seattle (SEA) heads west for about 1,066 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 45m.
Departures from Billings on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 49% of BIL-SEA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Billings the average ATFM delay is 1.7 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Seattle it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 243 tracked BIL-SEA flights, 93% left on time with an average delay of -0 min and a 1.2% 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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On the Billings (BIL) -> Seattle (SEA) route, on-time performance is 93% with an average delay of -0 minutes, based on 243 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Billings-Seattle is 1.23% across 243 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.
