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Airport month · August 2024
Portland International Jetport in August 2024
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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,465 domestic departures from Portland International Jetport (PWM). 73.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.5% reached their destination on time; 4.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so PWM departures were 1.5 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 1,251 departures with 77.4% leaving on time: a change of −3.5 points, with flights up 17%.
Flights arriving at PWM that month were on time 70.9% of the time (1,469 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 34%, national aviation system 27% and air carrier 22%.
- On time 69.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.7%
- Cancelled 4.5%
- Diverted 0.3%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | PWM, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 73.9% | 77.4% | 80.0% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 69.5% | 75.7% | 78.2% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 4.5% | 1.0% | 2.6% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 19.1 min | 21.8 min | 17.2 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 49 | 42 | 30 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,465 | 1,251 | 10,925 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 489 | 33% | 74.2% | 4.5 min | 5.7% |
| AA American Airlines | 247 | 17% | 63.6% | 22.6 min | 5.7% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 184 | 13% | 72.8% | 15.0 min | 1.1% |
| UA United Airlines | 111 | 8% | 64.0% | 15.3 min | 1.8% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 93 | 6% | 81.7% | 1.2 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 90 | 6% | 65.6% | 13.4 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 87 | 6% | 66.7% | 46.2 min | 9.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 82 | 6% | 58.5% | 11.9 min | 9.8% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 47 | 3% | 66.0% | 10.9 min | 6.4% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 35 | 2% | 60.0% | 26.1 min | 2.9% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PWM–LGA | Portland to New York | 186 | 66.7% | 12.8 min | 9.7% |
| PWM–ORD | Portland to Chicago | 166 | 64.5% | 13.1 min | 0.0% |
| PWM–JFK | Portland to New York | 144 | 64.6% | 22.2 min | 6.9% |
| PWM–EWR | Portland to Newark | 132 | 72.7% | 3.4 min | 9.8% |
| PWM–BWI | Portland to Baltimore | 124 | 74.2% | 12.9 min | 1.6% |
| PWM–PHL | Portland to Philadelphia | 122 | 59.8% | 25.9 min | 5.7% |
| PWM–DCA | Portland to Washington | 100 | 66.0% | 18.9 min | 5.0% |
| PWM–IAD | Portland to Washington | 93 | 77.4% | 9.7 min | 5.4% |
| PWM–CLT | Portland to Charlotte | 92 | 66.3% | 18.9 min | 3.3% |
| PWM–DTW | Portland to Detroit | 82 | 85.4% | 3.0 min | 0.0% |
| PWM–ATL | Portland to Atlanta | 62 | 82.3% | 1.7 min | 0.0% |
| PWM–DEN | Portland to Denver | 31 | 61.3% | 18.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PWM on time in August 2024?
73.9% of 1,465 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 77.4% of 1,251 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 73.9% and 4.5% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.