Flights Reno → Seattle
RNO → SEA
Route overview
The flight route from Reno to Seattle operates with a fleet of De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 79%. Over the course of a year, it records an average delay of 8.2 minutes per flight, with a total of 262 flights conducted. The destination airport in Seattle serves over 52 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 Reno (RNO) → Seattle (SEA) route is operated by Alaska Airlines, Southwest Airlines. Across 344 flights monitored in recent months, 81% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 9 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.33%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 14.7/100 (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 Reno the average ATFM delay is 3.3 minutes.
Heading to Seattle: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Reno (RNO) to Seattle (SEA) heads north for about 907 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 33m.
Departures from Reno on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 67% of RNO-SEA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Reno the average ATFM delay is 3.3 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Seattle it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 344 tracked RNO-SEA flights, 81% left on time with an average delay of 9 min and a 2.3% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about RNO-SEA
On the Reno (RNO) -> Seattle (SEA) route, on-time performance is 81% with an average delay of 9 minutes, based on 344 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Reno-Seattle is 2.33% across 344 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: Alaska Airlines, Southwest 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.
