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Route Reliability

Portland → Phoenix

PDXPHX · 1,010 miles · Portland International Airport to Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

86
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
81%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
3,766
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Alaska Airlines84%1,391 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines81%992 flights
  3. 3.Frontier Airlines80%105 flights
  4. 4.Southwest Airlines78%1,278 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

PDX–PHX flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 93% of the time, versus 65% between 6–9 PM.

Tuesday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 83% on time on Tuesdays against 79% on Thursdays.

Alaska Airlines has a slight edge here.

Alaska Airlines arrived on time 84% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 78%.

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%(559 flights)
  • Tue83%(495 flights)
  • Wed80%(505 flights)
  • Thu79%(540 flights)
  • Fri81%(563 flights)
  • Sat81%(514 flights)
  • Sun81%(560 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM93%(448 flights)
  • 6–9 AM89%(782 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(610 flights)
  • 12–3 PM80%(560 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(898 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(329 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM71%(109 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 76% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%312
July 202578%309
August 202579%267
September 202581%249
October 202577%294
November 202573%309
December 202581%340
January 202684%297
February 202686%279
March 202685%408
April 202687%346
May 202685%326

Based on 3,766 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.