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Route Reliability

Los Angeles → Portland

LAXPDX · 833 miles · Los Angeles International Airport to Portland International Airport

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Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
86%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min early
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
4,458
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Alaska Airlines90%1,952 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines87%1,691 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines83%219 flights
  4. 4.American Airlines75%596 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

LAX–PDX flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 81% between 6–9 PM.

Wednesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 89% on time on Wednesdays against 84% on Fridays.

Alaska Airlines runs this route best.

Alaska Airlines arrived on time 90% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 75%.

Ticking up lately.

LAX–PDX flights arrived on time 89% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 85% 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
  • Mon88%(692 flights)
  • Tue89%(572 flights)
  • Wed89%(577 flights)
  • Thu86%(687 flights)
  • Fri84%(668 flights)
  • Sat85%(538 flights)
  • Sun85%(681 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(781 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(1027 flights)
  • 12–3 PM86%(886 flights)
  • 3–6 PM88%(433 flights)
  • 6–9 PM81%(1087 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM83%(201 flights)
On-time trend by month
92%
May

Jun 80% → May 92% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%393
July 202587%401
August 202582%407
September 202591%372
October 202589%383
November 202587%362
December 202586%381
January 202685%328
February 202683%306
March 202688%360
April 202688%344
May 202692%378

Based on 4,458 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.