Flights Santa Rosa → Seattle
STS → SEA
Route overview
The flight route from Santa Rosa to Seattle operates with a De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q aircraft and has an on-time performance rate of 79%, with an average delay of 9 minutes. Over the course of a year, approximately 170 flights are conducted along this route, serving a destination airport that sees nearly 52.7 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 Santa Rosa (STS) → Seattle (SEA) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 201 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.49%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.1/100 (medium), 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 Santa Rosa the average ATFM delay is 2.1 minutes.
Heading to Seattle: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Santa Rosa (STS) to Seattle (SEA) heads north for about 995 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 40m.
Departures from Santa Rosa on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 52% of STS-SEA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Santa Rosa the average ATFM delay is 2.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Seattle it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 201 tracked STS-SEA flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 1.5% 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 STS-SEA
On the Santa Rosa (STS) -> Seattle (SEA) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 201 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Santa Rosa-Seattle is 1.49% across 201 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.
