OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Salt Lake City to Portland

630 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on SLC–PDX arrive on time 87% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate87%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay20 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.9%of scheduled flights

based on 2,273 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.

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time88%
    Medianon time
    p9015 min
    Cancel0.5%
    Flights576
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time87%
    Medianon time
    p9020 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights1,697

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline58%
  • Weather3%
  • Air traffic (NAS)8%
  • Late aircraft31%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline90%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)10%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 21 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 SLC → PDX

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

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 91% on time.

  • Mornings91% on time · p90 10 min · 2,114 flights
  • Middays87% on time · p90 20 min · 1,515 flights
  • Afternoons86% on time · p90 20 min · 1,466 flights
  • Overnights85% on time · p90 20 min · 1,145 flights
  • Evenings81% on time · p90 30 min · 884 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 84% to 90% on time.

  • Wednesdays90% on time · p90 10 min · 974 flights
  • Tuesdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 993 flights
  • Saturdays88% on time · p90 15 min · 898 flights
  • Mondays87% on time · p90 15 min · 1,072 flights
  • Thursdays87% on time · p90 20 min · 1,053 flights
  • Sundays84% on time · p90 25 min · 1,061 flights
  • Fridays84% on time · p90 25 min · 1,073 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.