Seventy-eight percent of flights into Juneau International Airport were on time in October, according to new statistics from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
Alaska Airlines boasted an on-time rate of 79.02 percent, while SkyWest — contracted by Delta Airlines — had an on-time performance of 67.74 percent.
SkyWest, flying a smaller Bombardier CRJ-900 — Alaska and Delta fly larger Boeing 737s into Juneau — had difficulties with Juneau’s weather. Nearly 10 percent of SkyWest flights into Juneau during October were canceled, with the plane arriving either the following day or not at all.
According to DOT statistics, only 1.15 percent of flights overall were delayed by weather; 5.19 percent of delays were caused by air carriers, and 6.78 percent were caused by problems with the National Aviation System.
Just over 1 percent of flights were diverted away from the airport by weather, and another 1.79 percent of flights were canceled entirely.
In October 2014, more than 96 percent of Juneau flights were on time. The five-year average for October is 87.26 percent.
So far this year, flights into Juneau have been on time slightly more than 83 percent of the time. Only two-thirds of one percent of flights have been canceled.
