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Flight Reliability

AS 294 · Alaska Airlines

Portland → Newark (PDXEWR)

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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(46 flights)
  • Tue81%(47 flights)
  • Wed76%(46 flights)
  • Thu69%(45 flights)
  • Fri96%(45 flights)
  • Sat78%(46 flights)
  • Sun83%(46 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM93%(44 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM78%(277 flights)
On-time trend by month
100%
May

Jun 80% → May 100% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%30
July 202561%28
August 202568%31
September 202573%30
October 202574%31
November 202579%28
December 202581%31
February 202693%14
March 202677%31
April 2026100%30
May 2026100%31
Departures on time
76%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
321
Months covered
12

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.