PHL to PDX flight delays
Philadelphia, PA (PHL) Portland, OR (PDX) · 2,406 miles
201 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
68.56%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.99%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
79 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
26 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The cancellation rate for the period is 2.99%, but almost all of it belongs to one month: July 2025, when 9.68% of flights on this route did not operate. Outside that month the route cancelled at around 1.27%. Whatever happened in July was an event, not the normal state of this route.
The two directions do not behave alike. PDX to PHL arrives on time 18.2 points more 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.
This route does worse than its own airport. PHL as a whole runs 8 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
Flights from Philadelphia to Portland run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, American Airlines arrived on time most often on PHL to PDX. Flights ran closest to schedule in May and worst in December.
Every airline on PHL 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 152 | 66.67% | 3.29% | 78 min | F |
| Alaska Airlines | 49 | 74.47% | 2.04% | 80 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
PDX to PHL Portland back to Philadelphia 86.73% on time BOther routes from Philadelphia
Common questions
Are flights from Philadelphia to Portland usually delayed?
68.56% of flights on the PHL to PDX route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Philadelphia to Portland?
Only American Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 152 flights and 66.67% arriving on time.
How often are PHL to PDX flights cancelled?
2.99% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 30 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
When PHL 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 PHL to PDX 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 →