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Flight Reliability

AS 728 · Alaska Airlines

Portland → Las Vegas (PDXLAS)90% of its flights flew this route. The rest (SEA–ONT) are included in these numbers.

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
0.5%
Cancelled
4 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 210 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

AS 728 departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 79% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Mondays have been rough.

AS 728 arrived on time 92% of the time on Wednesdays and just 76% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

Trending in the right direction.

AS 728 arrived on time 82% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 64% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(42 flights)
  • Tue88%(16 flights)
  • Wed92%(12 flights)
  • Thu83%(36 flights)
  • Fri83%(41 flights)
  • Sat78%(23 flights)
  • Sun77%(39 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM95%(21 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM79%(188 flights)
On-time trend by month
92%
May

Jun 96% → May 92% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202596%25
July 202572%29
August 202585%26
September 202594%17
October 202592%12
November 202578%18
December 202546%11
February 202670%10
March 202670%20
April 202683%24
May 202692%12
Departures on time
78%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
209
Months covered
12

Based on 210 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.