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Airport month · October 2025
Portland International in October 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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 5,493 domestic departures from Portland International (PDX). 84.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.4% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so PDX departures were 4.7 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 5,258 departures with 89.3% leaving on time: a change of −4.6 points, with flights up 4%.
Flights arriving at PDX that month were on time 80.5% of the time (5,489 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 28%.
- On time 81.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.8%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.2%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | PDX, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.7% | 89.3% | 82.7% | 80.0% |
| Arrived on time | 81.4% | 87.6% | 82.0% | 79.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.9 min | 7.0 min | 11.6 min | 13.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 183 | 175 | 173 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled departures | 5,493 | 5,258 | 63,282 | 605,844 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS Alaska Airlines | 1,864 | 34% | 77.4% | 4.6 min | 1.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 1,002 | 18% | 84.3% | 1.5 min | 0.3% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 726 | 13% | 77.8% | 6.8 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 662 | 12% | 85.6% | -4.1 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 658 | 12% | 92.2% | -8.1 min | 0.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 357 | 6% | 81.0% | 11.0 min | 1.7% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 104 | 2% | 81.7% | -2.6 min | 1.0% |
| HA Hawaiian Airlines | 73 | 1% | 41.1% | 44.4 min | 1.4% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 31 | 1% | 93.5% | -2.4 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 13 | 0% | 69.2% | 7.3 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 3 | 0% | 100.0% | -13.7 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDX–SEA | Portland to Seattle | 458 | 87.8% | -2.9 min | 0.4% |
| PDX–DEN | Portland to Denver | 395 | 85.8% | -0.2 min | 0.0% |
| PDX–LAX | Portland to Los Angeles | 379 | 87.1% | -3.2 min | 0.8% |
| PDX–SFO | Portland to San Francisco | 343 | 74.6% | 7.1 min | 0.3% |
| PDX–PHX | Portland to Phoenix | 296 | 74.7% | 6.6 min | 0.7% |
| PDX–ORD | Portland to Chicago | 264 | 77.7% | 2.8 min | 0.4% |
| PDX–LAS | Portland to Las Vegas | 250 | 75.6% | 7.4 min | 0.8% |
| PDX–DFW | Portland to Dallas/Fort Worth | 225 | 80.9% | 14.6 min | 3.6% |
| PDX–SLC | Portland to Salt Lake City | 211 | 89.1% | -3.1 min | 0.0% |
| PDX–SMF | Portland to Sacramento | 177 | 83.1% | 3.9 min | 0.0% |
| PDX–SJC | Portland to San Jose | 158 | 78.5% | 8.8 min | 0.0% |
| PDX–ATL | Portland to Atlanta | 154 | 90.3% | -6.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PDX on time in October 2025?
84.7% of 5,493 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024, 89.3% of 5,258 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 84.7% and 0.6% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.