OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

New York to Portland

2,454 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on JFK–PDX arrive on time 68% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate68%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay65 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.1%of scheduled flights

based on 829 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time70%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel1.9%
    Flights522
  • Alaska Airlines
    On-time65%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel2.3%
    Flights307

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline30%
  • Weather3%
  • Air traffic (NAS)42%
  • Late aircraft25%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline41%
  • Weather41%
  • Air traffic (NAS)18%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 17 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly JFK → PDX

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 67% to 85% on time.

  • Middays85% on time · p90 25 min · 350 flights
  • Mornings85% on time · p90 20 min · 527 flights
  • Overnights74% on time · p90 50 min · 437 flights
  • Evenings67% on time · p90 70 min · 1,485 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 70% to 77% on time.

  • Wednesdays77% on time · p90 35 min · 398 flights
  • Tuesdays76% on time · p90 40 min · 398 flights
  • Saturdays74% on time · p90 50 min · 421 flights
  • Fridays73% on time · p90 45 min · 420 flights
  • Mondays73% on time · p90 60 min · 415 flights
  • Sundays71% on time · p90 60 min · 409 flights
  • Thursdays70% on time · p90 65 min · 417 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.