Flights Ketchikan → Wrangell
KTN → WRG
Route overview
The flight route from Ketchikan to Wrangell has a punctuality rate of 78%, with an average delay of 8.4 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 89 flights, serving the relatively low traffic destination airport which handles around 29,552 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 Ketchikan (KTN) → Wrangell (WRG) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 119 flights monitored in recent months, 74% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 10 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.68%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 12.1/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Wrangell the average ATFM delay is 0.1 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Ketchikan the average ATFM delay is 1.3 minutes.
Heading to Wrangell: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Ketchikan (KTN) to Wrangell (WRG) heads north for about 132 km, a flight time of roughly 35m.
Departures from Ketchikan on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of KTN-WRG flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Ketchikan the average ATFM delay is 1.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Wrangell it is 0.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 119 tracked KTN-WRG flights, 74% left on time with an average delay of 10 min and a 1.7% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
Airlines operating KTN-WRG
Frequently asked questions about KTN-WRG
On the Ketchikan (KTN) -> Wrangell (WRG) route, on-time performance is 74% with an average delay of 10 minutes, based on 119 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Ketchikan-Wrangell is 1.68% across 119 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.
