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Route Reliability

Salt Lake City → Portland

SLCPDX · 630 miles · Salt Lake City International Airport to Portland International Airport

92
Nerd Approved
WanderNerd Reliability Score
88%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min early
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
2,575
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.Alaska Airlines90%824 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines88%1,699 flights

Not enough history to rank: Frontier Airlines (52 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SLC–PDX flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 77% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

SLC–PDX flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 85%.

Not much between Alaska Airlines and Delta Air Lines.

On this route they all land within 88% to 90% on time. Pick on schedule and price.

Ticking up lately.

SLC–PDX flights arrived on time 91% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 87% 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
  • Mon87%(392 flights)
  • Tue92%(356 flights)
  • Wed91%(353 flights)
  • Thu87%(365 flights)
  • Fri87%(393 flights)
  • Sat90%(318 flights)
  • Sun85%(373 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(645 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM89%(410 flights)
  • 12–3 PM89%(101 flights)
  • 3–6 PM89%(761 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(269 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM89%(364 flights)
On-time trend by month
91%
May

Jun 87% → May 91% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202587%229
July 202581%246
August 202589%243
September 202591%232
October 202591%221
November 202588%198
December 202584%199
January 202687%174
February 202690%170
March 202690%205
April 202691%212
May 202691%221

Based on 2,575 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.