Flights Nome → Anchorage
OME → ANC
Route overview
The flight route from Nome to Anchorage is served by a Boeing 737-400 and operates with high punctuality, as evidenced by a 90% on-time performance rate. With an average delay of just 1.5 minutes, the route handles approximately 178 flights annually, connecting a busy destination airport that sees nearly five million passengers per 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.
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The Nome (OME) → Anchorage (ANC) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 208 flights monitored in recent months, 87% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 6 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.33%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.4/100 (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 Nome the average ATFM delay is 0.3 minutes.
Heading to Anchorage: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Nome (OME) to Anchorage (ANC) heads east for about 864 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 30m.
Departures from Nome on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 57% of OME-ANC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Nome the average ATFM delay is 0.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Anchorage it is 0.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 208 tracked OME-ANC flights, 87% left on time with an average delay of 6 min and a 4.3% 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 OME-ANC
On the Nome (OME) -> Anchorage (ANC) route, on-time performance is 87% with an average delay of 6 minutes, based on 208 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Nome-Anchorage is 4.33% across 208 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.
