Flight Reliability
AS 649 · Alaska Airlines
Burbank → Portland (BUR–PDX)94% of its flights flew this route. The rest (SEA–TUS, SFO–SEA) are included in these numbers.
81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
- 86%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 1 min early
- Average arrival delay
- 1.6%
- Cancelled
- 14 min early
- Median arrival delay
Based on 126 historical flights. Data through May 2026.
What the data says
Friday is doing you no favors.
AS 649 arrived on time 94% of the time on Tuesdays and just 72% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.
A bit behind the BUR–PDX route.
AS 649 arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 90% across the BUR–PDX route.
A bit ahead of the Alaska Airlines network.
AS 649 arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 80% across the Alaska Airlines network.
The breakdown
- Mon90%(20 flights)
- Tue94%(16 flights)
- Wed79%(19 flights)
- Thu86%(21 flights)
- Fri72%(18 flights)
- Sat—(7 flights)
- Sun91%(21 flights)
- 6–9 AM—(1 flights)
- 12–3 PM—(6 flights)
- 3–6 PM87%(37 flights)
- 6–9 PM86%(78 flights)
83%
May
Oct 82% → May 83% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| October 2025 | 82% | 11 |
| November 2025 | 88% | 25 |
| December 2025 | 92% | 26 |
| May 2026 | 83% | 29 |
- Departures on time
- 84%
- Diverted
- 1.6%
- Flights flown
- 122
- Months covered
- 9
Same route, other flights
Keep nerding
Based on 126 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.