Flights Seattle → Fairbanks
SEA → FAI
Route overview
The flight route from Seattle to Fairbanks operates with a high on-time performance rate of 81%, with an average delay of 11.4 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately 496 flights are conducted using Boeing 737-700 and 737-900 aircraft, serving the destination airport which sees around 1,083,302 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 Seattle (SEA) → Fairbanks (FAI) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 658 flights monitored in recent months, 78% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 13 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.13%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.6/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Fairbanks the average ATFM delay is 1.4 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Seattle the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Fairbanks: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Seattle (SEA) to Fairbanks (FAI) heads north-west for about 2,462 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 30m.
Departures from Seattle on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 57% of SEA-FAI flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Seattle the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Fairbanks it is 1.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 658 tracked SEA-FAI flights, 78% left on time with an average delay of 13 min and a 2.1% 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 SEA-FAI
On the Seattle (SEA) -> Fairbanks (FAI) route, on-time performance is 78% with an average delay of 13 minutes, based on 658 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Seattle-Fairbanks is 2.13% across 658 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.
