Historical on-time performance
Nashville to Portland
1,973 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on BNA–PDX arrive on time 74% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.0%of scheduled flights
based on 306 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Alaska AirlinesOn-time74%Medianon timep9035 minCancel1.0%Flights306
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline29%
- Weather14%
- Air traffic (NAS)22%
- Late aircraft35%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly BNA → PDX
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 80% to 83% on time.
- Afternoons83% on time · p90 25 min · 182 flights · limited
- Evenings80% on time · p90 30 min · 471 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 79% to 84% on time.
- Thursdays84% on time · p90 30 min · 92 flights · limited
- Wednesdays83% on time · p90 25 min · 94 flights · limited
- Saturdays83% on time · p90 35 min · 103 flights · limited
- Sundays81% on time · p90 25 min · 94 flights · limited
- Tuesdays80% on time · p90 25 min · 94 flights · limited
- Fridays80% on time · p90 20 min · 93 flights · limited
- Mondays79% on time · p90 30 min · 94 flights · limited
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