Flights King Salmon → Anchorage
AKN → ANC
Route overview
The flight route from King Salmon to Anchorage operates with high punctuality, boasting a 91% on-time performance rate and an average arrival one minute early. Over the past year, this route has seen fifty-five flights using Saab SF340A/B aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles nearly five 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.
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The King Salmon (AKN) → Anchorage (ANC) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 72 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.78%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Anchorage the average ATFM delay is 0.9 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Heading to Anchorage: what to expect in this direction
Flying from King Salmon (AKN) to Anchorage (ANC) heads north-east for about 463 km, a flight time of roughly 60m.
Departures from King Salmon on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 76% of AKN-ANC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: arriving into Anchorage it is 0.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 72 tracked AKN-ANC flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 2.8% 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 AKN-ANC
On the King Salmon (AKN) -> Anchorage (ANC) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 72 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on King Salmon-Anchorage is 2.78% across 72 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.
