Portland International in November 2024

88.1%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,873 domestic departures from Portland International (PDX). 88.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.6% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so PDX departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 4,815 departures with 89.9% leaving on time: a change of −1.8 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at PDX that month were on time 83.5% of the time (4,872 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 35%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and air carrier 30%.

On time 86.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.8%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from PDX in November 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	PDX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	88.1%	89.9%	82.7%	85.2%
Arrived on time	86.6%	87.9%	82.0%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.1%	0.7%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.7 min	7.2 min	11.6 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	162	161	173	19,180
Scheduled departures	4,873	4,815	63,282	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	1,600	33%	83.1%	2.0 min	0.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	849	17%	86.0%	0.3 min	0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	720	15%	88.1%	-1.8 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	569	12%	96.8%	-12.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	550	11%	85.8%	4.3 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	297	6%	83.8%	0.5 min	1.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	153	3%	83.0%	-0.3 min	1.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	63	1%	95.2%	-8.5 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	60	1%	95.0%	-11.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	12	0%	83.3%	3.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PDX–SEA	Portland to Seattle	405	93.1%	-5.5 min	0.2%
PDX–DEN	Portland to Denver	366	88.3%	-3.1 min	0.8%
PDX–SFO	Portland to San Francisco	345	72.8%	19.0 min	1.7%
PDX–LAX	Portland to Los Angeles	335	87.2%	-5.0 min	0.9%
PDX–PHX	Portland to Phoenix	331	89.4%	-1.2 min	0.0%
PDX–LAS	Portland to Las Vegas	252	88.9%	-0.9 min	0.4%
PDX–SLC	Portland to Salt Lake City	211	94.8%	-9.9 min	0.5%
PDX–SJC	Portland to San Jose	210	87.6%	-2.1 min	0.5%
PDX–DFW	Portland to Dallas/Fort Worth	199	74.4%	5.5 min	2.0%
PDX–SAN	Portland to San Diego	157	75.8%	8.7 min	1.3%
PDX–ORD	Portland to Chicago	146	89.0%	-3.1 min	0.0%
PDX–SMF	Portland to Sacramento	143	86.7%	-0.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	29.7%	36.9%	10,550
Late-arriving aircraft	33.4%	35.6%	11,882
National Aviation System	34.7%	21.9%	12,337
Extreme weather	2.2%	5.4%	765
Security	0.1%	0.2%	45

35,579 delay minutes on 624 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left PDX on time in November 2024?

88.1% of 4,873 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 89.9% of 4,815 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 88.1% and 0.5% in November 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for PDX · methodology · corrections.