Flights from Seattle to Anchorage

• There were 721,615 passengers that flew from Seattle to Anchorage in 2009.
• Alaska Airlines operated flights from SEA to ANC using 4 types of aircraft in 2009.
• The smallest aircraft servicing flights from SEA to ANC for ExpressJet Airlines is the EMB-145 built by Embraer with 50 seats.
• The average flight time from Seattle, WA to Anchorage, AK takes about 189 minutes.
• The shortest flight distance between Seattle and Anchorage is 1449 miles.
• The oldest aircraft servicing trips from Seattle, WA to Anchorage, AK in 2009 was Alaska Airlines' B737-4 from Boeing which started flying in 1990.
• The average aircraft occupancy on flights from Seattle to Anchorage in 2009 was 74.54%.
• Continental Airlines offers the shortest flight times from Seattle to Anchorage.
• Alaska Airlines, Continental Airlines, US Airways, Northwest Airlines, ExpressJet Airlines offer flights from Seattle, WA to Anchorage, AK.
• 966,863 seats were available on flights from SEA to ANC in 2009. Of those seats, a total of 721,615 passengers flew on all flights from SEA to ANC that year.
• The shortest flight between SEA and ANC takes about 186 minutes.
• Alaska Airlines carried a total of 642,323 passengers from SEA to ANC in 2009.
• The largest aircraft servicing flights between Seattle and Anchorage from Northwest Airlines is the A330-3 built by Airbus Industrie with 298 seats.
• In 2009, there were 5 airline companies operating between Seattle and Anchorage.
• Alaska Airlines, Continental Airlines operate the shortest flights from Seattle to Anchorage.
• The newest aircraft servicing SEA to ANC in 2009 was Northwest Airlines' A330-3 from Airbus Industrie. The A330-3 started flying in 2004.
• Flight #903, operated by Alaska Airlines, was the flight with the most delays in 2009, with 13 minutes average delay between flights from Seattle to Anchorage.

(Source: FAA & BTS 2009 Databases)