ONT to PDX flight delays
Ontario, CA (ONT) Portland, OR (PDX) · 838 miles
51 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
96.08%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
75 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
3 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Flights from Ontario 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.
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 75 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.
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from ONT overall run 22.4 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion ONT has, this route is largely escaping it.
The two directions do not behave alike. PDX to ONT arrives on time 7.6 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Every airline on ONT 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 | 51 | 96.08% | 0% | 75 min | — |
The return leg
PDX to ONT Portland back to Ontario 88.46% on time —Other routes from Ontario
Common questions
Are flights from Ontario to Portland usually delayed?
96.08% of flights on the ONT 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 ONT to PDX flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When ONT to PDX flights are late, how late are they?
About 75 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 ONT to PDX during March 2025 – August 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 →