PDX to MFR flight delays
Portland, OR (PDX) Medford, OR (MFR) · 222 miles
240 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
88.36%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.5%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
63 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
9 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The cancellation rate for the period is 2.5%, but almost all of it belongs to one month: January 2026, when 8% of flights on this route did not operate. Outside that month the route cancelled at around 1.02%. Whatever happened in January was an event, not the normal state of this route.
The season swings this route hard. In April it ran 19.7 points more punctual than in January — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
Flights from Portland to Medford are among the most dependable in the record. A route this punctual is usually a short hop between airports with slots to spare.
Only SkyWest Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, SkyWest Airlines arrived on time most often on PDX to MFR. Flights ran closest to schedule in November and worst in December.
Every airline on PDX to MFR
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 240 | 88.36% | 2.5% | 63 min | B |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MFR to PDX Medford back to Portland 87.12% on time BOther routes from Portland
Common questions
Are flights from Portland to Medford usually delayed?
88.36% of flights on the PDX to MFR 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.
Which airlines fly from Portland to Medford?
Only SkyWest Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 240 flights and 88.36% arriving on time.
How often are PDX to MFR flights cancelled?
2.5% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 25 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Portland to Medford?
April, when 97% of flights arrived on time. The worst was January at 77.3%.
When PDX to MFR flights are late, how late are they?
About 63 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 PDX to MFR during January 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 →