FAI to PDX flight delays
Fairbanks, AK (FAI) Portland, OR (PDX) · 1,640 miles
21 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
This route flew fewer than 50 times in the period, which is too few for an on-time rate to mean anything. The figures below are shown as recorded, but the route is not graded.
90.48% of flights from Fairbanks to Portland arrived within 15 minutes of schedule over July 2024 – July 2026, across 21 flights.
90.48%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
79 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
8 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 79 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
Flights from Fairbanks to Portland are among the most dependable in the record. A route this punctual is usually a short hop between airports with slots to spare.
Every airline on FAI to PDX
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines | 21 | 90.48% | 0% | 79 min | — |
The return leg
PDX to FAI Portland back to Fairbanks 85.71% on time —Common questions
Are flights from Fairbanks to Portland usually delayed?
90.48% of flights on the FAI to PDX route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 1 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
How often are FAI to PDX flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When FAI to PDX flights are late, how late are they?
About 79 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on FAI to PDX during July 2024 – July 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →