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Airport month · December 2024
Portland International Jetport in December 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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 785 domestic departures from Portland International Jetport (PWM). 82.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.5% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so PWM departures were 4.7 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 655 departures with 87.5% leaving on time: a change of −5.0 points, with flights up 20%.
Flights arriving at PWM that month were on time 74.2% of the time (784 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 16%.
- On time 81.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.8%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.1%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | PWM, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 82.5% | 87.5% | 80.0% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 81.5% | 84.1% | 78.2% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 1.2% | 2.6% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 20.0 min | 15.0 min | 17.2 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 26 | 22 | 30 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 785 | 655 | 10,925 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 270 | 34% | 81.9% | -2.0 min | 0.4% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 129 | 16% | 76.0% | 18.5 min | 0.8% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 106 | 14% | 81.1% | 2.3 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 72 | 9% | 83.3% | 17.6 min | 1.4% |
| AA American Airlines | 67 | 9% | 80.6% | 58.2 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 47 | 6% | 85.1% | 8.0 min | 2.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 32 | 4% | 84.4% | -2.7 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 29 | 4% | 86.2% | -12.3 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 20 | 3% | 95.0% | -22.4 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 13 | 2% | 76.9% | -6.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PWM–DCA | Portland to Washington | 113 | 71.7% | 19.1 min | 0.9% |
| PWM–BWI | Portland to Baltimore | 106 | 81.1% | 2.3 min | 0.0% |
| PWM–EWR | Portland to Newark | 91 | 80.2% | 5.4 min | 2.2% |
| PWM–PHL | Portland to Philadelphia | 83 | 85.5% | 6.0 min | 0.0% |
| PWM–LGA | Portland to New York | 75 | 86.7% | -8.3 min | 0.0% |
| PWM–DTW | Portland to Detroit | 61 | 82.0% | 21.2 min | 1.6% |
| PWM–ORD | Portland to Chicago | 61 | 88.5% | -5.5 min | 0.0% |
| PWM–JFK | Portland to New York | 51 | 80.4% | 0.0 min | 0.0% |
| PWM–IAD | Portland to Washington | 46 | 82.6% | -2.2 min | 0.0% |
| PWM–CLT | Portland to Charlotte | 33 | 75.8% | 111.4 min | 0.0% |
| PWM–ATL | Portland to Atlanta | 32 | 84.4% | -2.7 min | 0.0% |
| PWM–MCO | Portland to Orlando | 26 | 84.6% | -14.9 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PWM on time in December 2024?
82.5% of 785 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 87.5% of 655 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 82.5% and 0.5% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.