Best time to fly out of Deadhorse (SCC)
The early-flight folk wisdom holds up at Deadhorse: departures in the 8–10am band left on time 91.1% of the time, against 87.5% in the 6–8pm band. These are historical odds, not forecasts. The records say what happened on this schedule over three years; they know nothing about tomorrow’s thunderstorm.
Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics
On-time rate by hour and day
On this page, “on time” means a departure that pushed back less than 15 minutes behind its scheduled time — the Bureau of Transportation Statistics definition, and the one airlines are held to.
| Departure time | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before 6am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6–8am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8–10am | 91 | 89 | 97 | 90 | 92 | 89 | – |
| 10am–12pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12–2pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2–4pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4–6pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6–8pm | 85 | 92 | 88 | 84 | – | – | – |
| 8–10pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10pm–12am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
The steadiest stretch at SCC was 8–10am — 91.1% of departures left on time across 871 flights. The weakest was 6–8pm at 87.5%.
The year at SCC
January was the hard month at SCC: 83.1% of departures left on time, across 136 flights. September was the easy one at 96.8%. Each month pools three years of that month, so a single bad week does not decide it.
| Month | Share departures that left on time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| January | 83.1% | 136 |
| February | 89.8% | 130 |
| March | 86.7% | 138 |
| April | 86% | 140 |
| May | 92.1% | 141 |
| June | 93.1% | 132 |
| July | 91.4% | 130 |
| August | 85.7% | 128 |
| September | 96.8% | 124 |
| October | 89.7% | 130 |
| November | 94% | 119 |
| December | 89.8% | 123 |
Airlines at SCC
Every airline with at least 100 departures from SCC, busiest first. These are that airline’s departures from this airport only — its record across the country sits on its own page.
| Airline | Left on time | Typical delay | Cancelled | Departures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines | 89.8% | 73 min | 2.5% | 1,571 |
What delays out of SCC were put down to
Airlines file a reason with every arrival running 15 minutes late or more. Across 161 flights that departed SCC and ran 15 minutes late or more, the delay minutes break down with 84.1% put down to late-arriving aircraft and 7.1% to airline operations.
- Late-arriving aircraft 84.1%
- Airline operations 7.1%
- Air traffic & airport volume 7.1%
- Severe weather 1.6%
- Security 0.1%
Late-arriving aircraft is the knock-on category: the plane came in late, so it went out late again. It is why a 7am problem in Newark is still a problem in Denver at dinnertime, and why it is usually the biggest slice on the bar.
If you are connecting through SCC
Of 1,571 scheduled arrivals into SCC, 85.3% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Of the 188 arrivals that ran late, 55.9% were no more than 45 minutes behind — which is the difference between a tight connection and a new boarding pass.
Work out a specific layover — pick the airport and the minutes you have, and the tool reads the same arrival records back as a share.
Busiest routes out of SCC
Ranked by flights, with the share that arrived on time at the far end. Where a route carries enough flights for a page of its own the chip goes there; otherwise it goes to the destination airport.
SCC in one number
Deadhorse (SCC)
Rank 306 of 363 US airports by departures. Steadiest stretch of the day: 8–10am. Hardest month: January.
Questions about SCC
- What is the best time of day to fly out of Deadhorse?
- 8–10am. Departures in that band left on time 91.1% of the time across 871 flights, July 2023 through June 2026 — the best of the ten bands in the day. The 6–8pm band was the weakest at 87.5%.
- What is the worst month to fly out of SCC?
- January: 83.1% of the departures that flew left on time, with 136 scheduled. September was the other end of the year at 96.8%. Each figure pools three years of that calendar month.
- How often are flights cancelled at SCC?
- 2.5% of scheduled departures were cancelled over July 2023 through June 2026. Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled, not against everything that flew — a rate that looks small still adds up to real people in a rebooking line.