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Route Reliability

Portland → Washington

PDXDCA · 2,350 miles · Portland International Airport to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min early
Average arrival delay
0.3%
Cancelled
364
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Alaska Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 85% of the time across 364 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Friday is doing you no favors.

PDX–DCA flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Tuesdays. On Fridays: 79%.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 364 scheduled flights, only 0.3% were cancelled.

Ticking up lately.

PDX–DCA flights arrived on time 88% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon90%(51 flights)
  • Tue92%(51 flights)
  • Wed81%(52 flights)
  • Thu84%(50 flights)
  • Fri79%(52 flights)
  • Sat86%(51 flights)
  • Sun80%(51 flights)
On-time trend by month
93%
May

Jun 83% → May 93% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202583%30
July 202578%27
August 202590%31
September 202583%30
October 202577%31
November 202590%29
December 202587%31
January 202690%30
February 202671%28
March 202677%31
April 202693%30
May 202693%30

Based on 364 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.