Flights Seattle → Wenatchee
SEA → EAT
Route overview
The flight route from Seattle to Wenatchee operates with high punctuality, boasting a 92% on-time performance rate and an average delay of just 0.1 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 178 flights using the De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q aircraft, serving the relatively low traffic destination airport with around 129,238 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) → Wenatchee (EAT) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 240 flights monitored in recent months, 91% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 2 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.25%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 12.1/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Wenatchee the average ATFM delay is 1.0 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Seattle the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Wenatchee: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Seattle (SEA) to Wenatchee (EAT) heads east for about 158 km, a flight time of roughly 37m.
Departures from Seattle on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 50% of SEA-EAT flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Seattle the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Wenatchee it is 1.0 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 240 tracked SEA-EAT flights, 91% left on time with an average delay of 2 min and a 1.3% 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-EAT
On the Seattle (SEA) -> Wenatchee (EAT) route, on-time performance is 91% with an average delay of 2 minutes, based on 240 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Seattle-Wenatchee is 1.25% 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.
