SNA to PDX flight delays
Santa Ana, CA (SNA) Portland, OR (PDX) · 859 miles
118 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
91.53%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
0%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
43 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
5 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
This route does better than its own airport. Departures from SNA overall run 17.9 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion SNA has, this route is largely escaping it.
Flights from Santa Ana 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 two directions do not behave alike. PDX to SNA arrives on time 7.6 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.
Only Alaska 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 March 2025 – August 2026, Alaska Airlines arrived on time most often on SNA to PDX.
Every airline on SNA 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 | 118 | 91.53% | 0% | 43 min | A |
The return leg
PDX to SNA Portland back to Santa Ana 99.15% on time AOther routes from Santa Ana
Common questions
Are flights from Santa Ana to Portland usually delayed?
91.53% of flights on the SNA 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.
Which airlines fly from Santa Ana to Portland?
Only Alaska Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 118 flights and 91.53% arriving on time.
How often are SNA to PDX flights cancelled?
0% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 1 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When SNA to PDX flights are late, how late are they?
About 43 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 SNA 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 →