Flights Seattle → Santa Rosa
SEA → STS
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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) → Santa Rosa (STS) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 201 flights monitored in recent months, 92% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 3 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.99%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 9.9/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Santa Rosa the average ATFM delay is 2.1 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Seattle the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Santa Rosa: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Seattle (SEA) to Santa Rosa (STS) heads south for about 995 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 40m.
Departures from Seattle on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 48% of SEA-STS flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Seattle the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Santa Rosa it is 2.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 201 tracked SEA-STS flights, 92% left on time with an average delay of 3 min and a 2.0% 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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On the Seattle (SEA) -> Santa Rosa (STS) route, on-time performance is 92% with an average delay of 3 minutes, based on 201 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Seattle-Santa Rosa is 1.99% 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.
