PDX to PHX flight delays
Portland, OR (PDX) Phoenix, AZ (PHX) · 1,010 miles
3,733 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
79.96%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0.48%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
71 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
16 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Alaska Airlines arrived on time 8.3 points more often than Southwest Airlines over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
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 71 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.
The Portland to Phoenix route sits close to the middle of the record — neither notably punctual nor notably late.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Alaska Airlines arrived on time most often on PDX to PHX. Southwest Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in November.
Every airline on PDX to PHX
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 | 1,375 | 83.83% | 0.44% | 48 min | B |
| Southwest Airlines | 1,274 | 75.49% | 0.16% | 50 min | C |
| American Airlines | 869 | 79.25% | 1.04% | 129 min | C |
| Frontier Airlines | 94 | 80.43% | 1.06% | 122 min | — |
| SkyWest Airlines | 86 | 90.7% | 0% | 151 min | — |
| Envoy Air | 35 | 80% | 0% | 45 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
PHX to PDX Phoenix back to Portland 78.73% on time COther routes from Portland
Common questions
Are flights from Portland to Phoenix usually delayed?
79.96% of flights on the PDX to PHX route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Portland to Phoenix?
Alaska Airlines, at 83.83% on time across 1,375 flights. The least punctual on the route was Southwest Airlines at 75.49%.
How often are PDX to PHX flights cancelled?
0.48% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 5 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
What is the best month to fly Portland to Phoenix?
April, when 86.4% of flights arrived on time. The worst was November at 72.2%.
When PDX to PHX flights are late, how late are they?
About 71 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 PHX 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 →