On-Time Report

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Airport month · April 2024

Portland International Jetport in April 2024

84.6%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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 617 domestic departures from Portland International Jetport (PWM). 84.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.5% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so PWM departures were 4.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PWM that month were on time 78.2% of the time (618 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 17%.

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

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

MeasureApr 2024Year earlierPWM, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Apr 2024
Departed on time84.6%—80.0%80.5%
Arrived on time82.5%—78.2%80.2%
Cancelled2.4%—2.6%0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)15.1 min—17.2 min14.2 min
Scheduled departures a day21—3019,406
Scheduled departures617—10,925582,185

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline22436%86.6%-7.5 min1.8%
WN Southwest Airlines9115%73.6%12.0 min5.5%
OH PSA Airlines7212%79.2%7.7 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines6010%91.7%6.2 min3.3%
AA American Airlines5910%71.2%25.1 min1.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines305%86.7%-4.6 min0.0%
UA United Airlines305%96.7%-12.4 min3.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines285%82.1%-2.5 min3.6%
9E Endeavor Air234%69.6%85.2 min4.3%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
PWM–DCAPortland to Washington10781.3%-1.8 min1.9%
PWM–BWIPortland to Baltimore9073.3%12.6 min5.6%
PWM–LGAPortland to New York8684.9%-8.9 min2.3%
PWM–JFKPortland to New York6080.0%30.8 min0.0%
PWM–ORDPortland to Chicago6090.0%-11.3 min1.7%
PWM–CLTPortland to Charlotte5777.2%28.4 min0.0%
PWM–PHLPortland to Philadelphia3876.3%6.3 min2.6%
PWM–ATLPortland to Atlanta3090.0%-6.9 min3.3%
PWM–DTWPortland to Detroit3093.3%19.3 min3.3%
PWM–EWRPortland to Newark3096.7%-12.4 min3.3%
PWM–MCOPortland to Orlando2982.8%-3.7 min3.4%

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), April 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Apr 2024Minutes
Air carrier42.0%33.6%3,778
Late-arriving aircraft36.8%41.0%3,306
National Aviation System16.6%20.0%1,488
Extreme weather4.6%5.1%418
Security0.0%0.2%0
8,990 delay minutes on 92 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 April 2024?

84.6% of 617 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 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 April 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.