Flight Reliability
AS 294 · Alaska Airlines
Portland → Newark (PDX–EWR)
80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 80%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 4 min
- Average arrival delay
- 2.1%
- Cancelled
- 11 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 328 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
The 6–9 AM departure wins.
AS 294 departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 78% between 9 AM–12 PM.
Thursdays have been rough.
AS 294 arrived on time 96% of the time on Fridays and just 69% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.
Trending in the right direction.
AS 294 arrived on time 92% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon80%(46 flights)
- Tue81%(47 flights)
- Wed76%(46 flights)
- Thu69%(45 flights)
- Fri96%(45 flights)
- Sat78%(46 flights)
- Sun83%(46 flights)
- 6–9 AM93%(44 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM78%(277 flights)
100%
May
Jun 80% → May 100% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 80% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 61% | 28 |
| August 2025 | 68% | 31 |
| September 2025 | 73% | 30 |
| October 2025 | 74% | 31 |
| November 2025 | 79% | 28 |
| December 2025 | 81% | 31 |
| February 2026 | 93% | 14 |
| March 2026 | 77% | 31 |
| April 2026 | 100% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 100% | 31 |
- Departures on time
- 76%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 321
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 328 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.