Flight Reliability
AS 541 · Alaska Airlines
Austin → Portland (AUS–PDX)90% of its flights flew this route. The rest (SEA–ANC, SFO–SEA) are included in these numbers.
- 87%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 4 min early
- Average arrival delay
- 0.4%
- Cancelled
- 9 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 259 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
6–9 PM has a slight edge.
Departures between 6–9 PM arrived on time 92% of the time, against 86% between 6–9 AM.
Tuesdays have been rough.
AS 541 arrived on time 95% of the time on Fridays and just 77% on Tuesdays. That gap is worth planning around.
A bit ahead of the Alaska Airlines network.
AS 541 arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 80% across the Alaska Airlines network.
Trending in the right direction.
AS 541 arrived on time 97% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% in the three months before that.
The breakdown
- Mon83%(41 flights)
- Tue77%(34 flights)
- Wed93%(29 flights)
- Thu89%(35 flights)
- Fri95%(40 flights)
- Sat90%(41 flights)
- Sun82%(38 flights)
- 6–9 AM86%(233 flights)
- 6–9 PM92%(25 flights)
Jun 67% → May 93% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 67% | 30 |
| July 2025 | 84% | 31 |
| August 2025 | 86% | 29 |
| September 2025 | 91% | 21 |
| October 2025 | 90% | 20 |
| November 2025 | 93% | 30 |
| December 2025 | 64% | 14 |
| March 2026 | 100% | 14 |
| April 2026 | 97% | 30 |
| May 2026 | 93% | 30 |
- Departures on time
- 85%
- Diverted
- 0%
- Flights flown
- 258
- Months covered
- 12
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 259 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.