Flights Seattle → Kona
SEA → KOA
Route overview
The flight route from Seattle to Kona has a 77% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 11.1 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 348 flights, serving the high traffic destination airport in Kona which handles nearly 4.3 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 Seattle (SEA) → Kona (KOA) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 457 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 6.13%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 28.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Kona the average ATFM delay is 1.2 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Seattle the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Kona: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Seattle (SEA) to Kona (KOA) heads south-west for about 4,327 km, a flight time of roughly 5h 50m.
Departures from Seattle on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 51% of SEA-KOA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Seattle the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Kona it is 1.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 457 tracked SEA-KOA flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 6.1% 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-KOA
On the Seattle (SEA) -> Kona (KOA) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 457 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Seattle-Kona is 6.13% across 457 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.
