Flights Kotzebue → Anchorage
OTZ → ANC
Route overview
The flight route from Kotzebue to Anchorage operates with a Boeing 737-400 and has an on-time performance rate of 82%, with an average delay of six minutes. Over the course of a year, approximately 178 flights are conducted along this route, serving the high traffic destination airport in Anchorage which 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 Kotzebue (OTZ) → Anchorage (ANC) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 238 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 7.56%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 17/100 (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)). Departing from Kotzebue the average ATFM delay is 0.4 minutes.
Heading to Anchorage: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Kotzebue (OTZ) to Anchorage (ANC) heads south-east for about 880 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 31m.
Departures from Kotzebue on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 50% of OTZ-ANC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Kotzebue the average ATFM delay is 0.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Anchorage it is 0.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 238 tracked OTZ-ANC flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 7.6% 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 OTZ-ANC
On the Kotzebue (OTZ) -> Anchorage (ANC) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 238 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Kotzebue-Anchorage is 7.56% across 238 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.
