Flights Juneau → Yakutat
JNU → YAK
Route overview
The flight route from Juneau to Yakutat has an on-time performance rate of 85%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of 4.9 minutes. Since the destination airport, which opened in 1940, handles approximately 25,616 passengers annually, this route sees a total of 89 flights throughout the year.
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 Juneau (JNU) → Yakutat (YAK) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 119 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.52%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 11.3/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Yakutat the average ATFM delay is 0.2 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Juneau the average ATFM delay is 2.3 minutes.
Heading to Yakutat: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Juneau (JNU) to Yakutat (YAK) heads north-west for about 319 km, a flight time of roughly 49m.
Departures from Juneau on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of JNU-YAK flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Juneau the average ATFM delay is 2.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Yakutat it is 0.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 119 tracked JNU-YAK flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 2.5% cancellation rate.
Route facts
Flexible on this trip? Compare flights
Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
Airlines operating JNU-YAK
Frequently asked questions about JNU-YAK
On the Juneau (JNU) -> Yakutat (YAK) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 119 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Juneau-Yakutat is 2.52% across 119 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Alaska Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Yakutat, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
