Flight profile · Alaska Airlines
AS48
Anchorage (ANC) to Seattle (SEA) · scheduled 8:00 AM – 12:32 PM
How AS48 performs
904 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
AS48 arrived on time 88.1% of the time, against 84.9% for all ANC → SEA flights — this specific departure is 3.2 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against Alaska Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 4.4 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 904 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS48 | 88.1% | 0.33% | -9 min | 2.8% | 904 |
| Alaska Airlines on ANC → SEA | 83.7% | 1.01% | -6 min | 3.4% | 16,554 |
| All ANC → SEA flights | 84.9% | 0.87% | -8 min | 3.6% | 21,631 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does AS48 run worse on particular days?
Thursday is historically the most reliable day and Monday the least, a gap of 5.4 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Other routes AS48 has flown
A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| FAI→SEA Fairbanks to Seattle | 2024-03-14 – 2024-03-17 | 4 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AS48 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 904 records of AS48 operating ANC → SEA, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.