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AS 542 on time

Alaska Airlines 542: Seattle to Dallas at 11:03 p.m. (past 12 months)

On time
79%
196 flights · likely 73–84%
Cancelled
0.5%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
−8 min
median vs schedule
When late
+37 min
average delay
Similar flights
85%
AS, same route & hour

About 1 in 5 AS 542 flights from Seattle arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (21%); 0.5% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 8 minutes early.

AS 542: SEA → DFW

Scheduled to leave Seattle at 11:03 p.m. local time. Over the past year it arrived on time 79% of the time (196 flights), worse than other AS flights on the route at that hour (85%). Last seen in the data Aug 31, 2026.

Month by month

30%65%100%Jul 2025: 42% on time (31 flights)42JulAug 2025: 60% on time (25 flights)60AugSep 2025: 78% on time (18 flights)78SepOct 2025: too few flights (7 flights)OctNov 2025: 76% on time (29 flights)76NovDec 2025: 68% on time (25 flights)68DecJan 2026: too few flights (5 flights)JanMar 2026: too few flights (12 flights)MarApr 2026: 83% on time (18 flights)83AprJun 2026: 86% on time (21 flights)86JunJul 2026: 84% on time (31 flights)84JulAug 2026: 70% on time (30 flights)70Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday3376%
Tuesday2997%
Wednesday2387%
Thursday2681%
Friday3181%
Saturday2669%
Sunday2864%

Why it was late

Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 40%Late inbound plane 36%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 23%Security 2%

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Questions

How often is AS 542 from SEA to DFW late?

Alaska Airlines 542 from Seattle, WA to Dallas/Fort Worth, TX arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 21% of 196 scheduled flights between September 2025 and August 2026. 0.5% were cancelled.

Flight numbers change. Figures cover flights with this airline, number and route only. "Likely range" is the 95% interval for the true on-time rate given the number of flights. This is history, not live status: check Alaska Airlines for today's flight. Method.