Airport month record
PDXFEB
Portland International in February 2026
- Departures
- 4,182
- Month
- February 2026
- National, same month
- 80.2%
- Carriers
- 6
Historical statistics for February 2026, not live status or a forecast for this year’s February. For today’s conditions at PDX, see live FAA status.
PDX in February earns an A+. More than four flights in five arrive inside the 15-minute window the DOT uses to define an on-time arrival, which puts it 6 points better than the national rate of 80.2%. When something does go wrong the average delay runs about an hour. That rests on 4,182 flights, of which Delta Air Lines flew 465 at 93.4% on time.
Delta Air Lines is the most reliable of the five carriers covered here at 93.4% on time across 465 flights.
Key figures
On time
86.3%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 4,147 completed departures
Avg delay
56 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
0.69%
Nationally in February: 2.25%
Whole year
82.6%
PDX across all twelve months
These figures cover 4,182 departures from Portland International in February 2026. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.
Against the year
February next to PDX's other months
Against PDX's own year, February ran 4 points better than the twelve-month rate of 82.6%, which makes it the best of the twelve months in the data. Either side of it, January ran 85.6% on time and March 86.3%, so this month sits in line with its neighbours.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 5,864 | 75.7% | 65 min | 1.18% | B |
| August 2025 | 5,685 | 80.9% | 60 min | 0.67% | B+ |
| September 2025 | 5,269 | 83.7% | 51 min | 0.17% | B+ |
| October 2025 | 5,493 | 82.1% | 53 min | 0.64% | B+ |
| November 2025 | 4,976 | 84.2% | 59 min | 1.51% | B |
| December 2025 | 5,124 | 79.3% | 59 min | 0.60% | B+ |
| January 2026 | 4,537 | 85.6% | 66 min | 1.41% | A |
| February 2026 (this page) | 4,182 | 86.3% | 56 min | 0.69% | A+ |
| March 2026 | 5,113 | 86.3% | 69 min | 0.94% | A+ |
| April 2026 | 5,040 | 86.1% | 63 min | 0.48% | A+ |
| May 2026 | 5,535 | 83.9% | 62 min | 0.42% | B+ |
| June 2026 | 6,024 | 80.3% | 65 min | 0.61% | B+ |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave PDX in February
Departure time is the single lever a traveller controls, and it moves the odds more than most people expect. Each bar below is the on-time rate for flights scheduled to leave inside that window, across 4,182 flights.
- 5am–8am1,179 flights89.7%
- 8am–11am732 flights84.5%
- 11am–2pm520 flights87.2%
- 2pm–5pm694 flights84.5%
- 5pm–8pm590 flights80.6%
- 8pm–5am467 flights89.0%
Scale runs 70% to 95%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 89.7% of the time, against 80.6% for the evening window. That is 9 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 5am–8am window is the busiest, with 1,179 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Tuesday is the strongest day at 88.1% on time and Sunday the weakest at 84.0%. 4 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at PDX in February
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Delta Air Lines arrives on time 93.4% of the time; Southwest Airlines manages 82.4%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 542 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines | 1,847 | 84.7% | 41 min | 0.70% | B+ |
| SkyWest Airlines | 626 | 89.1% | 70 min | 0.32% | A+ |
| Southwest Airlines | 542 | 82.4% | 39 min | 0.37% | B+ |
| Delta Air Lines | 465 | 93.4% | 99 min | 1.94% | A |
| United Airlines | 382 | 83.9% | 71 min | 0.79% | B+ |
| American Airlinesthin sample | 293 | 88.7% | 135 min | 0.00% | A+ |
Delta leads Southwest by 11 points. Real, but small enough that a better departure time on the weaker carrier can outweigh it.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of PDX in February
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PDX to SEA · Seattlethin sample | 343 | 91.2% | 52 min | 0.29% | A+ |
| PDX to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample | 308 | 86.8% | 96 min | 1.30% | A |
| PDX to PHX · Phoenixthin sample | 279 | 85.3% | 38 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| PDX to SFO · San Franciscothin sample | 256 | 71.5% | 59 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| PDX to DEN · Denverthin sample | 245 | 86.5% | 77 min | 0.41% | A+ |
| PDX to LAS · Las Vegasthin sample | 206 | 85.4% | 42 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| PDX to SLC · Salt Lake Citythin sample | 172 | 91.7% | 43 min | 1.16% | A |
| PDX to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 157 | 84.0% | 151 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| PDX to ORD · Chicagothin sample | 148 | 89.8% | 72 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| PDX to SMF · Sacramentothin sample | 144 | 86.7% | 31 min | 0.69% | A+ |
| PDX to SJC · San Josethin sample | 120 | 88.3% | 27 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| PDX to SAN · San Diegothin sample | 119 | 83.2% | 33 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| PDX to SNA · Santa Anathin sample | 107 | 88.7% | 26 min | 0.93% | A+ |
| PDX to OAK · Oaklandthin sample | 97 | 87.5% | 65 min | 1.03% | A |
| PDX to BOI · Boisethin sample | 85 | 87.1% | 64 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| PDX to ANC · Anchoragethin sample | 81 | 81.5% | 28 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| PDX to GEG · Spokanethin sample | 80 | 92.3% | 37 min | 2.50% | A |
| PDX to ATL · Atlantathin sample | 80 | 98.7% | 36 min | 2.50% | A |
| PDX to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 80 | 90.0% | 33 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| PDX to PSP · Palm Springsthin sample | 79 | 85.9% | 30 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| PDX to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample | 78 | 94.9% | 89 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| PDX to HNL · Honoluluthin sample | 70 | 56.5% | 56 min | 1.43% | D |
| PDX to BUR · Burbankthin sample | 66 | 87.7% | 43 min | 1.52% | A |
| PDX to JFK · New Yorkthin sample | 56 | 88.2% | 23 min | 8.93% | A− |
| PDX to OGG · Kahuluithin sample | 56 | 78.6% | 37 min | 0.00% | B+ |
Delay causes
What held PDX up in February
Carriers report a reason for every delay minute they cause, in five DOT categories. The split below is by minutes, not by number of flights, so a handful of very long weather delays weighs as much as many short ones. It covers 32,000 reported delay minutes.
- 40%Carrier
- 32%Late-arriving aircraft
- 24%National Airspace System
- 3%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
The largest share of delay minutes, 40%, falls under carrier control: crew scheduling, maintenance, fuelling, baggage. Unlike weather, that is a management outcome, and it is the category where the gap between two carriers on the same schedule is genuinely earned. It accounts for 13,000 of the 32,000 delay minutes reported here. The split is drawn from 31,632 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations are rare at 0.69%, below the national 2.25% and low enough to earn the plus on the grade. Roughly one flight in 100 is called off; the risk here is arriving late, not not arriving.
Badly late arrivals are rare here: only 3.3% land an hour or more behind schedule, against 6.5% nationally. Connections built on this flight are about as safe as US domestic connections get, though a cancelled flight still ignores every layover you give it.
What to do with this
Flying from PDX in February
For a February trip through PDX: this is one of the better months to be flying from here, 86.3% on time with 0.69% cancelled. That is a base rate for the month as a whole; a single storm can still spoil a particular day.
Related
Where to go next
- Portland International (PDX), the whole year
- PDX in July75.7%
- PDX in August80.9%
- PDX in September83.7%
- PDX in October82.1%
- PDX in November84.2%
- PDX in December79.3%
- PDX in January85.6%
- PDX in March86.3%
- PDX in April86.1%
- PDX in May83.9%
- PDX in June80.3%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.