On-Time Report

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Airport month · February 2026

Portland International Jetport in February 2026

77.5%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 521 domestic departures from Portland International Jetport (PWM). 77.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.3% reached their destination on time; 6.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so PWM departures were 0.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 477 departures with 76.1% leaving on time: a change of +1.4 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at PWM that month were on time 73.8% of the time (520 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 41% and national aviation system 12%.

Every scheduled departure from PWM in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureFeb 2026Feb 2025PWM, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time77.5%76.1%80.0%78.1%
Arrived on time78.3%66.7%78.2%78.3%
Cancelled6.3%6.3%2.6%2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.3 min16.0 min17.2 min15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day17163017,168
Scheduled departures52147710,925515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline19938%80.9%-5.1 min7.0%
WN Southwest Airlines9719%81.4%-3.1 min4.1%
OH PSA Airlines7414%67.6%11.1 min8.1%
AA American Airlines6512%75.4%20.6 min7.7%
DL Delta Air Lines306%90.0%-15.0 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air173%82.4%-7.2 min5.9%
UA United Airlines173%82.4%-2.5 min11.8%
B6 JetBlue Airways122%75.0%21.8 min8.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines102%50.0%19.3 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
PWM–BWIPortland to Baltimore9481.9%-3.6 min4.3%
PWM–DCAPortland to Washington8167.9%9.4 min6.2%
PWM–EWRPortland to Newark6188.5%-12.8 min8.2%
PWM–ORDPortland to Chicago6180.3%-2.9 min6.6%
PWM–LGAPortland to New York5477.8%2.3 min9.3%
PWM–PHLPortland to Philadelphia4376.7%1.1 min7.0%
PWM–ATLPortland to Atlanta2889.3%-13.7 min0.0%
PWM–CLTPortland to Charlotte2867.9%50.3 min10.7%
PWM–JFKPortland to New York2871.4%2.8 min7.1%
PWM–DTWPortland to Detroit2781.5%-9.2 min3.7%
PWM–MCOPortland to Orlando1573.3%19.7 min6.7%
PWM–IADPortland to Washington1100.0%-37.0 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2026Minutes
Air carrier41.3%38.2%2,600
Late-arriving aircraft43.3%37.2%2,725
National Aviation System11.9%18.5%751
Extreme weather3.4%6.0%215
Security0.0%0.2%0
6,291 delay minutes on 76 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 February 2026?

77.5% of 521 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 76.1% of 477 departures left on time and 6.3% were cancelled, against 77.5% and 6.3% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.