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Route Reliability

Portland → Miami

PDXMIA · 2,700 miles · Portland International Airport to Miami International Airport

88
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min early
Average arrival delay
0.9%
Cancelled
344
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Alaska Airlines85%142 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines85%202 flights

What the data says

Departure time hasn't mattered much.

On-time rates stay between 85% and 85% across the day.

Friday is doing you no favors.

PDX–MIA flights arrived on time 94% of the time on Thursdays and just 78% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Not much between Alaska Airlines and American Airlines.

On this route they all land within 85% to 85% on time. Pick on schedule and price.

Recent months have been rougher.

PDX–MIA flights arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 87% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon88%(51 flights)
  • Tue88%(50 flights)
  • Wed81%(42 flights)
  • Thu94%(47 flights)
  • Fri78%(49 flights)
  • Sat84%(50 flights)
  • Sun80%(51 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM85%(139 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM(1 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM85%(200 flights)
On-time trend by month
70%
May

Nov 87% → May 70% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
November 202587%37
December 202586%64
January 202686%56
February 202689%52
March 202685%59
April 202684%50
May 202670%20

Based on 344 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.