On-Time Report

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Airport month · March 2025

Portland International Jetport in March 2025

85.4%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 549 domestic departures from Portland International Jetport (PWM). 85.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.5% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so PWM departures were 5.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 601 departures with 84.4% leaving on time: a change of +1.0 points, with flights down 9%.

Flights arriving at PWM that month were on time 78.5% of the time (553 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 36%, air carrier 30% and late-arriving aircraft 30%.

Every scheduled departure from PWM in March 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureMar 2025Mar 2024PWM, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time85.4%84.4%80.0%79.9%
Arrived on time82.5%84.4%78.2%79.3%
Cancelled0.9%1.5%2.6%1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.7 min14.8 min17.2 min14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day18203020,029
Scheduled departures54960110,925600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline20938%81.8%5.0 min0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines9517%85.3%6.3 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines6913%68.1%11.0 min4.3%
AA American Airlines6211%88.7%-5.1 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines316%93.5%-7.1 min0.0%
UA United Airlines316%93.5%-12.2 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines275%81.5%29.8 min3.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways173%76.5%5.9 min5.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines81%75.0%2.1 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
PWM–DCAPortland to Washington11974.8%5.1 min2.5%
PWM–BWIPortland to Baltimore9485.1%6.6 min0.0%
PWM–LGAPortland to New York7475.7%13.5 min0.0%
PWM–EWRPortland to Newark6482.8%7.9 min0.0%
PWM–ORDPortland to Chicago5882.8%0.8 min0.0%
PWM–ATLPortland to Atlanta3193.5%-7.1 min0.0%
PWM–CLTPortland to Charlotte31100.0%-14.4 min0.0%
PWM–IADPortland to Washington3093.3%-18.2 min0.0%
PWM–MCOPortland to Orlando3083.3%38.5 min0.0%
PWM–TPAPortland to Tampa1283.3%-36.0 min8.3%
PWM–JFKPortland to New York333.3%44.0 min33.3%
PWM–PHLPortland to Philadelphia3100.0%-23.3 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Mar 2025Minutes
Air carrier30.4%33.0%2,462
Late-arriving aircraft30.1%39.2%2,434
National Aviation System35.8%21.9%2,898
Extreme weather3.7%5.9%302
Security0.0%0.1%2
8,098 delay minutes on 90 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 March 2025?

85.4% of 549 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 84.4% of 601 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 85.4% and 0.9% in March 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2025; 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.