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Route Reliability

Anchorage → Portland

ANCPDX · 1,542 miles · Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport to Portland International Airport

96
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
89%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
0.2%
Cancelled
1,702
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Alaska Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 89% of the time across 1,702 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

ANC–PDX flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 84% between 3–6 PM.

Saturday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 90% on time on Saturdays against 87% on Fridays.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 1,702 scheduled flights, only 0.2% were cancelled.

Trending in the right direction.

ANC–PDX flights arrived on time 95% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon89%(251 flights)
  • Tue88%(238 flights)
  • Wed90%(230 flights)
  • Thu90%(245 flights)
  • Fri87%(249 flights)
  • Sat90%(228 flights)
  • Sun89%(257 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM91%(364 flights)
  • 3–6 AM95%(276 flights)
  • 6–9 AM91%(44 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(401 flights)
  • 12–3 PM90%(270 flights)
  • 3–6 PM84%(343 flights)
On-time trend by month
93%
May

Jun 88% → May 93% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202588%150
July 202590%155
August 202587%155
September 202589%150
October 202591%151
November 202588%147
December 202587%142
January 202671%115
February 202690%114
March 202693%144
April 202698%127
May 202693%148

Based on 1,702 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.