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.
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
77,918 departures · 13,441,363 seats flown
16.1%
Share
- PDX
23,219 departures · 4,005,519 seats flown
4.8%
Share
- HNL
15,872 departures · 2,678,636 seats flown
3.3%
Share
- ANC
15,034 departures · 2,376,338 seats flown
3.1%
Share
- LAX
13,345 departures · 2,360,852 seats flown
2.8%
Share
- SAN
13,078 departures · 2,278,728 seats flown
2.7%
Share
- SFO
11,441 departures · 1,993,896 seats flown
2.4%
Share
- OGG
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.
9,727 departures · 1,308,900 passengers
81.0%
Load
6,519 departures · 883,264 passengers
78.9%
Load
5,873 departures · 580,458 passengers
77.6%
Load
5,813 departures · 858,489 passengers
84.8%
Load
5,470 departures · 795,835 passengers
84.2%
Load
5,410 departures · 787,475 passengers
84.7%
Load
5,269 departures · 774,274 passengers
84.9%
Load
5,195 departures · 700,008 passengers
84.9%
Load
4,778 departures · 449,666 passengers
72.4%
Load
4,609 departures · 434,253 passengers
72.9%
Load
3,857 departures · 517,358 passengers
78.1%
Load
3,722 departures · 507,641 passengers
79.0%
Load
3,711 departures · 376,093 passengers
80.6%
Load
3,683 departures · 487,990 passengers
79.7%
Load
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.
89,158 departures · 82.7% load
29.3%
Share
87,951 departures · 82.6% load
28.9%
Share
62,080 departures · 82.5% load
20.4%
Share
20,139 departures · 76.7% load
6.6%
Share
18,743 departures · 74.8% load
6.2%
Share
12,268 departures · 83.5% load
4.0%
Share
6,499 departures · 80.1% load
2.1%
Share
5,931 departures · 82.0% load
1.9%
Share
973 departures · 74.9% load
0.3%
Share
774 departures · 81.7% load
0.3%
Share
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.