Airlines/USA
Is Alaska Airlines safe?
Last fatal accident was Flight 261 in 2000 (MD-83 jackscrew failure). Joined Oneworld in 2021. Note: 2024 737 MAX 9 door-plug incident, no fatalities.
A modelled estimate and protected opinion, not a factual safety verdict. Informational only, not safety or travel advice, provided as-is. See our terms & disclaimer.
Operator safety tier
Elite
Modelled fatal-accident risk on the order of 1 in 11 million flights.
A model estimate from validated signals (the dominant factor in a flight's safety), not a measurement of this airline's own flight history. IOSA-registered; last fatal accident 2000 (26y ago). Full methodology.
Safety signals
Fleet
Counting every airframe we hold for this airline's code, which is more than the fleet figure in our carrier data (230). The table below lists them.
The actual aircraft in Alaska Airlines's fleet
Individual airframes we hold for Alaska Airlines, with build years taken from public registries and sourced references. These are the specific aircraft you might be boarding, not an industry average. Where we cannot date enough of a subfleet we leave the age blank rather than estimate it.
| Aircraft | In our registry | Average age | Built |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 737-900 | 79 | 10.6 yrs | 2012 to 2019 |
| Boeing 737 MAX 9 | 66 | 3.5 yrs | 2019 to 2025 |
| Boeing 737-800 | 51 | 18.3 yrs | 2005 to 2012 |
| Boeing 737 MAX 8 | 20 | 1.2 yrs | 2023 to 2026 |
| Boeing 737-700 | 14 | 26.2 yrs | 1999 to 2003 |
| Airbus A321neo | 9 | 8.3 yrs | 2017 to 2019 |
| Airbus A330-200 | 4 | 13.7 yrs | 2012 to 2013 |
| Embraer 175 | 1 | not enough dated | 2016 |
| Airbus A320 (ceo) | 1 | not enough dated | 2011 |
We can date 79 of the 79 Boeing 737-900 airframes we hold for Alaska Airlines. They average 10.6 years old, built between 2012 and 2019.