Where Alaska Airlines flies

Alaska Airlines filed 482,539 departures in the twelve months through May 2026, led by Seattle, across 15 of its busiest city pairs.

Filed traffic data

Departures

482,539

May 2026

Seats flown

65,115,457

Passengers

51.7M

Load factor

82.0%

RPM ÷ ASM

Busiest Alaska Airlines airports

Where Alaska Airlines operates the most departures — its hubs and focus cities.

  • SEA

    Seattle

    77,918 departures · 13,441,363 seats flown

    16.1%

    Share

  • PDX

    Portland

    23,219 departures · 4,005,519 seats flown

    4.8%

    Share

  • HNL

    Honolulu, Oahu

    15,872 departures · 2,678,636 seats flown

    3.3%

    Share

  • ANC

    Anchorage

    15,034 departures · 2,376,338 seats flown

    3.1%

    Share

  • LAX

    Los Angeles

    13,345 departures · 2,360,852 seats flown

    2.8%

    Share

  • SAN

    San Diego

    13,078 departures · 2,278,728 seats flown

    2.7%

    Share

  • SFO

    San Francisco

    11,441 departures · 1,993,896 seats flown

    2.4%

    Share

  • OGG

    Kahului

    7,756 departures · 1,199,317 seats flown

    1.6%

    Share

Busiest Alaska Airlines routes

The city pairs Alaska Airlines flies most, ranked by filed departures.

  • ANCSEA

    9,727 departures · 1,308,900 passengers

    81.0%

    Load

  • LAXSEA

    6,519 departures · 883,264 passengers

    78.9%

    Load

  • HNLOGG

    5,873 departures · 580,458 passengers

    77.6%

    Load

  • PHXSEA

    5,813 departures · 858,489 passengers

    84.8%

    Load

  • SANSEA

    5,470 departures · 795,835 passengers

    84.2%

    Load

  • SEASFO

    5,410 departures · 787,475 passengers

    84.7%

    Load

  • LASSEA

    5,269 departures · 774,274 passengers

    84.9%

    Load

  • SEASNA

    5,195 departures · 700,008 passengers

    84.9%

    Load

  • HNLLIH

    4,778 departures · 449,666 passengers

    72.4%

    Load

  • HNLKOA

    4,609 departures · 434,253 passengers

    72.9%

    Load

  • LAXPDX

    3,857 departures · 517,358 passengers

    78.1%

    Load

  • SEASJC

    3,722 departures · 507,641 passengers

    79.0%

    Load

  • HNLITO

    3,711 departures · 376,093 passengers

    80.6%

    Load

  • FAISEA

    3,683 departures · 487,990 passengers

    79.7%

    Load

  • GEGSEA

    3,681 departures · 461,382 passengers

    74.6%

    Load

What Alaska Airlines flies

Aircraft types by share of departures — what actually operated, not fleet count.

Monthly Alaska Airlines capacity

Monthly Alaska Airlines departures, trailing 12 months through May 2026. Bars scale to the busiest month.

  • June 2025

    23,953 departures · 3,375,356 passengers

    86.1%

    Load

  • July 2025

    24,739 departures · 3,587,376 passengers

    88.2%

    Load

  • August 2025

    24,107 departures · 3,422,651 passengers

    86.3%

    Load

  • September 2025

    21,617 departures · 2,812,632 passengers

    79.8%

    Load

  • October 2025

    21,687 departures · 2,876,340 passengers

    81.3%

    Load

  • November 2025

    21,542 departures · 2,795,859 passengers

    79.6%

    Load

  • December 2025

    23,307 departures · 3,168,904 passengers

    83.1%

    Load

  • January 2026

    28,386 departures · 3,607,114 passengers

    78.5%

    Load

  • February 2026

    25,806 departures · 3,399,593 passengers

    80.0%

    Load

  • March 2026

    29,605 departures · 4,006,903 passengers

    82.5%

    Load

  • April 2026

    29,163 departures · 3,831,522 passengers

    80.2%

    Load

  • May 2026

    30,604 departures · 4,096,703 passengers

    81.3%

    Load

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Data through May 2026.