Portland International in February 2025

83.7%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,983 domestic departures from Portland International (PDX). 83.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.1% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so PDX departures were 4.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 4,017 departures with 86.4% leaving on time: a change of −2.7 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at PDX that month were on time 79.2% of the time (3,981 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 33%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 84.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.3%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from PDX in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	PDX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	83.7%	86.4%	82.7%	79.2%
Arrived on time	84.1%	83.7%	82.0%	77.9%
Cancelled	1.5%	0.4%	0.7%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.9 min	9.7 min	11.6 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	133	134	173	16,830
Scheduled departures	3,983	4,017	63,282	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AS Alaska Airlines	1,367	34%	81.1%	0.4 min	3.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	739	19%	81.5%	3.3 min	2.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	551	14%	86.8%	-0.2 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	438	11%	90.0%	-4.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	405	10%	88.1%	-5.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	265	7%	89.8%	-6.6 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	90	2%	83.3%	2.4 min	0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines	56	1%	67.9%	12.1 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	51	1%	92.2%	-3.3 min	2.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	21	1%	66.7%	32.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PDX–SEA	Portland to Seattle	369	80.2%	5.2 min	1.4%
PDX–LAX	Portland to Los Angeles	347	88.2%	-2.9 min	2.3%
PDX–PHX	Portland to Phoenix	321	87.9%	-2.9 min	1.2%
PDX–DEN	Portland to Denver	279	88.5%	-5.7 min	0.0%
PDX–SFO	Portland to San Francisco	262	74.8%	9.6 min	1.1%
PDX–LAS	Portland to Las Vegas	259	82.6%	3.1 min	2.7%
PDX–SLC	Portland to Salt Lake City	170	85.3%	-1.7 min	1.2%
PDX–DFW	Portland to Dallas/Fort Worth	155	87.1%	-5.1 min	0.0%
PDX–SMF	Portland to Sacramento	122	87.7%	1.5 min	0.0%
PDX–SJC	Portland to San Jose	121	86.8%	-1.0 min	0.0%
PDX–SAN	Portland to San Diego	100	73.0%	7.7 min	4.0%
PDX–SNA	Portland to Santa Ana	100	90.0%	-5.1 min	4.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	28.3%	33.9%	10,067
Late-arriving aircraft	33.0%	36.9%	11,734
National Aviation System	25.2%	22.5%	8,942
Extreme weather	12.8%	6.6%	4,543
Security	0.7%	0.1%	246

35,532 delay minutes on 571 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 February 2025?

83.7% of 3,983 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 86.4% of 4,017 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 83.7% and 1.5% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.