Flights Seattle → Walla Walla
SEA → ALW
Route overview
The flight route from Seattle to Walla Walla operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 88%. Over the course of a year, approximately 178 flights are conducted using the De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q aircraft, with each flight experiencing an average delay of just 2.7 minutes.
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) → Walla Walla (ALW) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 240 flights monitored in recent months, 88% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 5.83%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.2/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Walla Walla the average ATFM delay is 0.2 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Seattle the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Walla Walla: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Seattle (SEA) to Walla Walla (ALW) heads south-east for about 341 km, a flight time of roughly 51m.
Departures from Seattle on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 50% of SEA-ALW flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Seattle the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Walla Walla it is 0.2 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 240 tracked SEA-ALW flights, 88% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 5.8% 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-ALW
On the Seattle (SEA) -> Walla Walla (ALW) route, on-time performance is 88% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 240 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Seattle-Walla Walla is 5.83% across 240 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.
