Flights Kalispell → Seattle
FCA → SEA
Route overview
The flight route from Kalispell to Seattle operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 88%. Over the course of the year, it has recorded a mean delay time of just 3.8 minutes across 261 total flights, using the De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q aircraft.
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 Kalispell (FCA) → Seattle (SEA) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 339 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 7 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.36%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 8.6/100 (low), 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 Kalispell the average ATFM delay is 2.9 minutes.
Heading to Seattle: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kalispell (FCA) to Seattle (SEA) heads west for about 608 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 11m.
Departures from Kalispell on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 44% of FCA-SEA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kalispell the average ATFM delay is 2.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Seattle it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 339 tracked FCA-SEA flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 7 min and a 2.4% 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 FCA-SEA
On the Kalispell (FCA) -> Seattle (SEA) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 7 minutes, based on 339 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kalispell-Seattle is 2.36% across 339 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.
