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Flight Reliability

AS 581 · Alaska Airlines

Portland → Los Angeles (PDXLAX)99% of its flights flew this route. The rest (IAD–SEA, PHX–PAE) are included in these numbers.

93
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
90%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min
Average arrival delay
1.4%
Cancelled
0 min
Median arrival delay

Based on 217 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

AS 581 arrived on time 97% of the time on Saturdays. On Sundays: 84%.

Better than the Alaska Airlines network average.

AS 581 arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 80% across the Alaska Airlines network.

Ticking up lately.

AS 581 arrived on time 92% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 86% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon87%(31 flights)
  • Tue90%(31 flights)
  • Wed88%(32 flights)
  • Thu93%(30 flights)
  • Fri93%(30 flights)
  • Sat97%(29 flights)
  • Sun84%(31 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(212 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM(1 flights)
  • 6–9 PM(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
97%
May

Nov 96% → May 97% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
November 202596%28
December 202587%30
January 202687%30
February 202685%27
March 202687%30
April 202693%30
May 202697%31
Departures on time
95%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
214
Months covered
9

Based on 217 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.