On-Time Report

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Airport month · April 2026

Portland International Jetport in April 2026

82.6%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 720 domestic departures from Portland International Jetport (PWM). 82.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.3% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so PWM departures were 3.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 782 departures with 89.3% leaving on time: a change of −6.7 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at PWM that month were on time 77.2% of the time (723 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 17%.

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

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

MeasureApr 2026Apr 2025PWM, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time82.6%89.3%80.0%79.1%
Arrived on time81.3%82.7%78.2%78.9%
Cancelled1.4%0.4%2.6%0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)16.9 min11.0 min17.2 min14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day24263019,931
Scheduled departures72078210,925597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
YX Republic Airline18826%81.4%-3.6 min1.6%
WN Southwest Airlines10615%80.2%0.4 min0.0%
AA American Airlines10314%88.3%9.9 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines7110%69.0%44.2 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air608%78.3%-6.5 min6.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways588%75.9%10.8 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines537%79.2%-1.6 min3.8%
DL Delta Air Lines507%94.0%-10.6 min0.0%
UA United Airlines314%87.1%3.9 min3.2%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
PWM–ORDPortland to Chicago14979.2%-4.2 min6.0%
PWM–LGAPortland to New York13479.9%0.5 min0.7%
PWM–BWIPortland to Baltimore10379.6%0.7 min0.0%
PWM–DCAPortland to Washington8668.6%39.1 min0.0%
PWM–DTWPortland to Detroit5887.9%-10.8 min0.0%
PWM–CLTPortland to Charlotte5494.4%-17.3 min0.0%
PWM–PHLPortland to Philadelphia3488.2%50.8 min0.0%
PWM–ATLPortland to Atlanta3296.9%-5.6 min0.0%
PWM–JFKPortland to New York3080.0%-0.5 min0.0%
PWM–MCOPortland to Orlando1877.8%30.0 min0.0%
PWM–FLLPortland to Fort Lauderdale1060.0%10.3 min0.0%
PWM–EWRPortland to Newark6100.0%-22.3 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Apr 2026Minutes
Air carrier50.1%33.5%5,783
Late-arriving aircraft31.6%40.4%3,642
National Aviation System17.3%21.0%2,002
Extreme weather0.8%5.0%96
Security0.2%0.1%19
11,542 delay minutes on 120 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 April 2026?

82.6% of 720 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 89.3% of 782 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 82.6% and 1.4% in April 2026.

Provenance

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