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Route Reliability

Philadelphia → Portland

PHLPDX · 2,406 miles · Philadelphia International Airport to Portland International Airport

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WanderNerd Reliability Score
58%
Arrive within 15 minutes
24 min
Average arrival delay
4.3%
Cancelled
140
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines53% on time · 121 flights
  • Alaska Airlines94% on time · 19 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

The 3–6 PM departure wins.

PHL–PDX flights departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 94% of the time, versus 49% between 6–9 PM.

Wednesdays have been rough.

PHL–PDX flights arrived on time 67% of the time on Sundays and just 47% on Wednesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 4.3% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon47%(17 flights)
  • Tue53%(17 flights)
  • Wed47%(15 flights)
  • Thu65%(20 flights)
  • Fri64%(22 flights)
  • Sat59%(22 flights)
  • Sun67%(21 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(10 flights)
  • 3–6 PM94%(18 flights)
  • 6–9 PM49%(106 flights)
On-time trend by month
92%
May

Jun 36% → May 92% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202536%25
July 202543%28
August 202560%30
May 202692%39

Based on 140 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.