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Route Reliability

Minneapolis → Portland

MSP–PDX · 1,426 miles · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport to Portland International Airport

89
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
1,612
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Alaska Airlines86%278 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines83%1,334 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

MSP–PDX flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 77% between 6–9 PM.

Saturday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 85% on time on Saturdays against 81% on Sundays.

Alaska Airlines has a slight edge here.

Alaska Airlines arrived on time 86% of the time on this route; Delta Air Lines managed 83%.

Trending in the right direction.

MSP–PDX flights arrived on time 88% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 65% 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
  • Mon83%(234 flights)
  • Tue84%(229 flights)
  • Wed84%(237 flights)
  • Thu84%(236 flights)
  • Fri85%(236 flights)
  • Sat85%(193 flights)
  • Sun81%(237 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(568 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(331 flights)
  • 3–6 PM82%(248 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(369 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM78%(86 flights)
On-time trend by month
92%
May

Jun 88% → May 92% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202588%167
July 202576%181
August 202594%169
September 202597%156
October 202586%153
November 202586%143
December 202551%116
January 202670%82
February 202673%78
March 202678%99
April 202695%117
May 202692%141

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Based on 1,612 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.