On-Time Report

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Airport month · November 2023

Portland International Jetport in November 2023

93.6%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 720 domestic departures from Portland International Jetport (PWM). 93.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 91.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so PWM departures were 7.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PWM that month were on time 89.2% of the time (719 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 40% and national aviation system 18%.

Every scheduled departure from PWM in November 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureNov 2023Year earlierPWM, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time93.6%—80.0%86.0%
Arrived on time91.0%—78.2%86.2%
Cancelled0.0%—2.6%0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)7.1 min—17.2 min9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day24—3018,793
Scheduled departures720—10,925563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
9E Endeavor Air22431%93.8%-10.0 min0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines10214%92.2%-5.5 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline8912%95.5%-9.0 min0.0%
AA American Airlines8211%78.0%25.9 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines7711%93.5%-3.2 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines598%88.1%1.4 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines365%80.6%1.8 min0.0%
UA United Airlines294%96.6%-8.2 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines183%94.4%-15.9 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air41%100.0%-6.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
PWM–BWIPortland to Baltimore9891.8%-5.5 min0.0%
PWM–JFKPortland to New York8797.7%-13.4 min0.0%
PWM–LGAPortland to New York8490.5%-11.2 min0.0%
PWM–DCAPortland to Washington8282.9%13.4 min0.0%
PWM–ORDPortland to Chicago6388.9%0.9 min0.0%
PWM–EWRPortland to Newark6198.4%-11.3 min0.0%
PWM–PHLPortland to Philadelphia6093.3%-5.4 min0.0%
PWM–DTWPortland to Detroit5692.9%-3.1 min0.0%
PWM–CLTPortland to Charlotte3686.1%26.6 min0.0%
PWM–ATLPortland to Atlanta3479.4%2.3 min0.0%
PWM–IADPortland to Washington3093.3%-4.9 min0.0%
PWM–MCOPortland to Orlando1894.4%-15.9 min0.0%

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 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2023Minutes
Air carrier40.3%42.5%1,993
Late-arriving aircraft40.4%37.3%1,996
National Aviation System18.2%16.2%900
Extreme weather0.7%3.7%34
Security0.4%0.3%20
4,943 delay minutes on 65 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left PWM on time in November 2023?

93.6% of 720 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 91.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for PWM · methodology · corrections.