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Airport month · March 2025
Portland International in March 2025
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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 4,760 domestic departures from Portland International (PDX). 87.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.6% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so PDX departures were 7.6 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 4,671 departures with 84.8% leaving on time: a change of +2.7 points, with flights up 2%.
Flights arriving at PDX that month were on time 84.1% of the time (4,759 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 26%.
- On time 85.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.9%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.2%
March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2025 | Mar 2024 | PDX, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 87.5% | 84.8% | 82.7% | 79.9% |
| Arrived on time | 85.6% | 82.8% | 82.0% | 79.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 8.8 min | 10.3 min | 11.6 min | 14.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 159 | 156 | 173 | 20,029 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,760 | 4,671 | 63,282 | 600,872 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS Alaska Airlines | 1,545 | 32% | 83.0% | -0.2 min | 0.6% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 908 | 19% | 85.6% | 2.0 min | 0.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 694 | 15% | 85.4% | 1.4 min | 0.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 542 | 11% | 92.3% | -7.9 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 482 | 10% | 88.6% | -5.0 min | 0.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 334 | 7% | 85.3% | 3.9 min | 0.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 99 | 2% | 85.9% | 0.4 min | 1.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 67 | 1% | 83.6% | -2.0 min | 0.0% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 62 | 1% | 75.8% | 16.6 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 27 | 1% | 85.2% | -5.9 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDX–SEA | Portland to Seattle | 410 | 84.6% | -0.7 min | 0.0% |
| PDX–PHX | Portland to Phoenix | 409 | 84.6% | 3.6 min | 0.2% |
| PDX–LAX | Portland to Los Angeles | 387 | 87.6% | -4.3 min | 0.3% |
| PDX–DEN | Portland to Denver | 327 | 91.1% | -6.1 min | 0.3% |
| PDX–LAS | Portland to Las Vegas | 327 | 83.5% | 3.3 min | 0.3% |
| PDX–SFO | Portland to San Francisco | 290 | 75.5% | 9.9 min | 0.3% |
| PDX–SLC | Portland to Salt Lake City | 202 | 89.6% | -4.5 min | 0.0% |
| PDX–DFW | Portland to Dallas/Fort Worth | 180 | 77.2% | 12.3 min | 0.6% |
| PDX–SMF | Portland to Sacramento | 162 | 86.4% | 3.7 min | 0.0% |
| PDX–SJC | Portland to San Jose | 151 | 89.4% | -1.8 min | 0.0% |
| PDX–SAN | Portland to San Diego | 126 | 78.6% | 1.8 min | 1.6% |
| PDX–ORD | Portland to Chicago | 123 | 87.8% | -5.7 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PDX on time in March 2025?
87.5% of 4,760 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2024, 84.8% of 4,671 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 87.5% and 0.3% in March 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.