How far is Seattle to Alaska by plane?

The flight time from Seattle, Washington to Anchorage, Alaska is:

3 hours, 11 minutes

In-air flight time: 3 hours, 11 minutes
From gate to gate: 3 hours, 30 minutes
Constant 500 mph: 2 hours, 53 minutes

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Flying time from Seattle, WA to Anchorage, AK

The total flight duration from Seattle, WA to Anchorage, AK is 3 hours, 11 minutes.

This is the average in-air flight time (wheels up to wheels down on the runway) based on actual flights taken over the past year, including routes like SEA to ANC. It covers the entire time on a typical commercial flight including take-off and landing.

If you're planning a trip, you should also factor in extra time for the plane to pull back from the gate and taxi to the runway, as well as reaching the destination gate after landing. If you include this extra time on the tarmac, the average total elapsed time from gate to gate flying from Seattle, WA to Anchorage, AK is 3 hours, 30 minutes.

Finally, pilots might want to estimate the flight time using an average flight speed for a commercial airliner of 500 mph, which is equivalent to 805 km/h or 434 knots. If you don't add any extra time to increase or decrease speed for take-off and landing, then at constant speed your flight time would be 2 hours, 53 minutes.

If you're booking a flight, make sure you check the scheduled departure and arrival times. You should also factor in airport wait times and possible equipment or weather delays. If you're trying to figure out what time you'll arrive at the destination, you may want to see if there's a time difference between Seattle, WA and Anchorage, AK.

The calculation of flight time is based on the straight line distance from Seattle, WA to Anchorage, AK ("as the crow flies"), which is about 1,438 miles or 2 314 kilometers.

Your trip begins in Seattle, Washington.
It ends in Anchorage, Alaska.

Your flight direction from Seattle, WA to Anchorage, AK is Northwest (-39 degrees from North).

The flight time calculator measures the average flight duration between points. It uses the great circle formula to compute the travel mileage.

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Average Timeline

Leaves SEA Seattle, WA on time.

3 hours, 12 minutes in the air

Arrives ANC Anchorage, AK 1 minute early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Flight Summary

The flight time from Seattle to Anchorage is 3 hours, 36 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 12 minutes.

The flight distance from Seattle to Anchorage is 1448 Miles.

Flight Time By Airline ?

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Flight Time by Time of Day ?

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Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Seattle from Anchorage by plane?

The distance from Seattle to Anchorage by plane is 1448 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Seattle to Anchorage?

The flight time from Seattle to Anchorage is 3 hours, 36 minutes. The time spent in the air is 3 hours, 12 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Delta being the fastest taking 3 hours, 31 minutes, and Alaska the slowest taking 3 hours, 37 minutes.

What airlines fly from Seattle to Anchorage?

Delta and Alaska are the airlines with direct flights from Seattle to Anchorage.

Does Southwest fly from Seattle to Anchorage?

Southwest does not fly from Seattle (SEA) to Anchorage (ANC). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Seattle to Anchorage, Alaska is 77% reliable, which means that Alaska flights are on time 77% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Seattle and Anchorage, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Seattle to Anchorage that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Seattle to Anchorage that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

* Delayed more than 20 minutes.

All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.

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