On-Time Report

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Airport month · October 2025

Portland International Jetport in October 2025

83.3%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,266 domestic departures from Portland International Jetport (PWM). 83.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.7% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so PWM departures were 3.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 1,307 departures with 84.0% leaving on time: a change of −0.7 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at PWM that month were on time 79.5% of the time (1,264 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 25%.

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

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

MeasureOct 2025Oct 2024PWM, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time83.3%84.0%80.0%80.0%
Arrived on time80.7%85.0%78.2%79.1%
Cancelled0.6%0.2%2.6%0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)13.7 min15.4 min17.2 min13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day42443020,195
Scheduled departures1,2661,30710,925605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline43534%80.5%3.1 min0.9%
AA American Airlines24419%75.4%19.3 min1.2%
WN Southwest Airlines18515%87.0%2.6 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines14912%92.6%-6.4 min0.0%
UA United Airlines937%76.3%14.3 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines675%79.1%-1.1 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways474%85.1%-2.5 min2.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines464%54.3%22.8 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
PWM–ORDPortland to Chicago16671.1%14.1 min0.0%
PWM–LGAPortland to New York14178.7%8.9 min2.1%
PWM–EWRPortland to Newark13580.0%0.7 min0.7%
PWM–BWIPortland to Baltimore12389.4%0.3 min0.0%
PWM–DCAPortland to Washington12173.6%27.6 min1.7%
PWM–PHLPortland to Philadelphia10069.0%5.6 min1.0%
PWM–IADPortland to Washington9684.4%-1.1 min0.0%
PWM–CLTPortland to Charlotte7885.9%13.8 min0.0%
PWM–ATLPortland to Atlanta6191.8%-1.0 min0.0%
PWM–DTWPortland to Detroit6193.4%-11.9 min0.0%
PWM–JFKPortland to New York4586.7%-5.8 min2.2%
PWM–BNAPortland to Nashville3171.0%10.4 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Oct 2025Minutes
Air carrier44.8%34.0%7,784
Late-arriving aircraft28.9%39.7%5,025
National Aviation System25.2%22.9%4,377
Extreme weather1.1%3.3%196
Security0.0%0.1%0
17,382 delay minutes on 233 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 October 2025?

83.3% of 1,266 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 84.0% of 1,307 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 83.3% and 0.6% in October 2025.

Provenance

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