The flight time from Anchorage to Barrow is 1 hour, 53 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves ANC Anchorage, AK 2 minutes late.
13 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 36 minutes in the air
4 minutes taxiing in
Arrives BRW Barrow, AK on time.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Alaska
78%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Anchorage to Barrow is 1 hour, 53 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 36 minutes.

The flight distance from Anchorage to Barrow is 725 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Barrow to Anchorage
1 hour, 50 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Alaska
1h 53m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

7

Distance

725 Miles

Flights By Month ?

JFMAMJJASOND0102030

Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Alaska
7

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Anchorage from Barrow by plane?

The distance from Anchorage to Barrow by plane is 725 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Anchorage to Barrow?

The flight time from Anchorage to Barrow is 1 hour, 53 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 36 minutes. These numbers are averages.

What airlines fly from Anchorage to Barrow?

Alaska is the only airline with direct flights from Anchorage to Barrow.

Does Southwest fly from Anchorage to Barrow?

Southwest does not fly from Anchorage (ANC) to Barrow (BRW). 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.

Leaves Anchorage 2 minutes late
Taxi Out Time 13 minutes
In the Air 96 minutes
Taxiing In 4 minutes
Arrives Barrow on 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 Anchorage to Barrow, Alaska is 78% reliable, which means that Alaska flights are on time 78% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Alaska 78% 19% 3%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Anchorage and Barrow, 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.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Alaska 13 96 4 113

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.

Time Count
3pm 0.03
7am 0.05
2pm 0.94

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Anchorage to Barrow 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.

Month Count
January 30
February 29
March 31
April 30
May 31
June 30
July 31
August 33
September 34
October 36
November 33
December 34

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Anchorage to Barrow 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.

Day Count
Monday 0.98
Tuesday 1.37
Wednesday 1
Thursday 0.98
Friday 1
Saturday 1
Sunday 1.02

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.

Airline Flights per Week
Alaska 0

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.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
3pm 11 96 4 111
7am 13 98 4 118
2pm 13 96 4 113
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.