Anchorage (ANC) – Fairbanks (FAI)
- Distance
- 419 km
- 261 mi · 226 nm
- Flight time
- 1 h 1 min / 1 h 5 min
- Average gate to gate: ANC → FAI / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 96 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (57 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 355,149
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +0.7%
- Flights / week
- 92
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 63%
- 566,962 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 2
- AS, QX
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from ANC
- 14°
- Heading from FAI
- 196°
- Halfway point
- 63.00, -148.99
- Great-circle km
- 418 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air ANC → FAI
- 44 min
- In the air FAI → ANC
- 45 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 1 h 20 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 30,025 |
| Sep 2025 | 26,161 |
| Oct 2025 | 27,738 |
| Nov 2025 | 26,689 |
| Dec 2025 | 31,099 |
| Jan 2026 | 27,472 |
| Feb 2026 | 29,900 |
| Mar 2026 | 38,056 |
| Apr 2026 | 27,999 |
| May 2026 | 30,223 |
| Jun 2026 | 30,523 |
| Jul 2026 | 29,264 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 465 |
| Sep 2025 | 462 |
| Oct 2025 | 415 |
| Nov 2025 | 373 |
| Dec 2025 | 370 |
| Jan 2026 | 364 |
| Feb 2026 | 338 |
| Mar 2026 | 391 |
| Apr 2026 | 414 |
| May 2026 | 417 |
| Jun 2026 | 372 |
| Jul 2026 | 403 |
Airlines flying ANC–FAI nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| ASAlaska Airlines | 54 | 68% |
| QXHorizon Air | 37 | 32% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 1,949 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 1,319 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 703 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 433 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 296 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 77 flights
- A220-300 BD-500-1A11 · 2 flights
- Piper PA-31 (Navajo)/T-1020 · 2 flights
Also carried: 533 tonnes of freight and 49 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 87.3%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 9 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1%
- Flights counted
- 2,833
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 30% · aircraft arriving late 50% · air traffic system 12% · weather 8% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 418 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
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