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Route Reliability

Newark → Portland

EWR–PDX · 2,434 miles · Newark Liberty International Airport to Portland International Airport

77
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
1.7%
Cancelled
824
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.United Airlines78%496 flights
  2. 2.Alaska Airlines72%328 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

EWR–PDX flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 72% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

EWR–PDX flights arrived on time 78% of the time on Fridays. On Sundays: 70%.

United Airlines has a slight edge here.

United Airlines arrived on time 78% of the time on this route; Alaska Airlines managed 72%.

Ticking up lately.

EWR–PDX flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 74% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(113 flights)
  • Tue78%(117 flights)
  • Wed77%(115 flights)
  • Thu73%(111 flights)
  • Fri78%(119 flights)
  • Sat78%(119 flights)
  • Sun70%(115 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(5 flights)
  • 6–9 AM97%(125 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(1 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(387 flights)
  • 6–9 PM72%(291 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 54% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202554%65
July 202573%89
August 202579%92
September 202591%89
October 202582%87
November 202569%58
December 202552%62
January 202686%36
February 202683%41
March 202670%60
April 202680%60
May 202690%70

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Based on 824 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.