Portland International Jetport in February 2024

88.2%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 575 domestic departures from Portland International Jetport (PWM). 88.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 92.7% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so PWM departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PWM that month were on time 85.2% of the time (575 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 55%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 92.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 6.3%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from PWM in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	PWM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	88.2%	—	80.0%	84.0%
Arrived on time	92.7%	—	78.2%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.9%	—	2.6%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.2 min	—	17.2 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	—	30	17,307
Scheduled departures	575	—	10,925	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	170	30%	88.2%	-6.2 min	2.9%
WN Southwest Airlines	83	14%	94.0%	-8.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	79	14%	93.7%	4.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	71	12%	97.2%	-13.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	58	10%	93.1%	-8.8 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	41	7%	92.7%	-20.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	29	5%	96.6%	-24.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	29	5%	93.1%	-11.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	15	3%	100.0%	-27.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PWM–DCA	Portland to Washington	108	93.5%	0.5 min	0.0%
PWM–BWI	Portland to Baltimore	83	94.0%	-8.1 min	0.0%
PWM–LGA	Portland to New York	83	86.7%	-9.2 min	3.6%
PWM–JFK	Portland to New York	58	86.2%	5.8 min	1.7%
PWM–MCO	Portland to Orlando	41	92.7%	-20.6 min	0.0%
PWM–ATL	Portland to Atlanta	29	96.6%	-24.4 min	0.0%
PWM–CLT	Portland to Charlotte	29	96.6%	-21.2 min	0.0%
PWM–DTW	Portland to Detroit	29	96.6%	-22.4 min	3.4%
PWM–EWR	Portland to Newark	29	93.1%	-11.1 min	0.0%
PWM–ORD	Portland to Chicago	29	100.0%	-24.1 min	0.0%
PWM–PHL	Portland to Philadelphia	29	89.7%	3.6 min	0.0%
PWM–IAD	Portland to Washington	28	100.0%	-13.4 min	0.0%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	33.3%	35.9%	1,471
Late-arriving aircraft	54.6%	36.9%	2,414
National Aviation System	11.6%	21.7%	514
Extreme weather	0.4%	5.3%	19
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

4,418 delay minutes on 36 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 PWM on time in February 2024?

88.2% of 575 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 92.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.