Transatlantic route · frequency, carriers and airport records
AMS→PDX
Amsterdam to Portland
- Flights
- 498 both ways
- Carriers
- 1
- Distance
- 4,989 mi
- Period
- July 2025 to June 2026
No public record scores Amsterdam Schiphol to Portland International flight by flight. The US Department of Transportation's on-time database covers domestic flights only, and in Europe only the United Kingdom publishes punctuality by route, so what follows is built from the three measurements that do exist. The DOT's international report counts 498 flights between the two airports in the twelve months to June 2026, about five departures a week in each direction, flown by KLM. EUROCONTROL's year-to-date figure has 73.1% of all departures from Amsterdam Schiphol leaving within 15 minutes of schedule and 78.3% of arrivals landing within 15 minutes. At the other end, 82.5% of PDX's domestic departures arrived on time in the DOT data, which says something about how the airport itself runs, not about this route.
On EUROCONTROL's year-to-date arrival punctuality, Amsterdam Schiphol ranks 11th of the 41 European airports on this site with service to the United States. Bilbao leads that table at 84.3% and Manchester closes it at 65.7%. A long-haul departure inherits the airport's morning: an aircraft that arrived late from its previous sector, or a departure queue built up by weather, delays the transatlantic wave with everything else.
Key figures
Flights
498
Both directions, July 2025 to June 2026 (DOT)
Carriers
1
KLM
AMS departures on time
73.1%
All destinations, year to date (EUROCONTROL)
PDX domestic on time
82.5%
US DOT, last twelve months of domestic departures
Without a route-level record, the useful question is what the two airports do to a schedule. EUROCONTROL attributes 2.8 minutes of air traffic flow management delay per arriving flight to Amsterdam Schiphol so far this year; that is delay imposed by the network to hold traffic on the ground elsewhere, not the airline's own. In the DOT data, a delayed domestic departure from PDX ran about an hour late on average over the last twelve months, and 0.74% of its scheduled flights were cancelled.
Carrier by carrier
Who flies AMS to PDX
KLM is the only carrier the DOT report shows on AMS to PDX, with 498 flights and an average of 257 passengers aboard each. A single-carrier route gives a delayed passenger no same-day alternative on the same ticket, which is worth knowing before booking a tight onward connection.
| Airline | Flights | Share | Per month | Passengers / flight |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KLM | 498 | 100% | 42 | 257 |
DOT international report, July 2025 to June 2026; flights in both directions together. No delay figures exist for this pair in any public source.
Across the year
How often AMS to PDX flies through the year
The DOT's international report puts 62 flights on the pair in May 2026, the busiest month of the window, and 26 in February 2026, the thinnest. A summer-to-winter swing of that size means the winter schedule is a different operation: fewer frequencies, so a cancellation leaves a longer wait for the next seat.
Flights per month, both directions
- July 202542
- August 202542
- September 202538
- October 202542
- November 202532
- December 202536
- January 202626
- February 202626
- March 202638
- April 202658
- May 202662
- June 202656
The DOT's international report counts flights in both directions together: 498 between AMS and PDX from July 2025 to June 2026, about five departures a week in each direction, carrying 127,811 passengers. That makes it the 16th busiest of 22 US routes from Amsterdam Schiphol and the 2nd busiest of 3 European routes into PDX.
The departure airport
How Amsterdam Schiphol is running
EUROCONTROL's figures for Amsterdam Schiphol as a whole, every airline and every destination: 73.1% of departures and 78.3% of arrivals within 15 minutes of schedule from 1 January to 21 October 2026, with 94.6% of scheduled flights operated. The last seven days ran at 73.5% for departures, in line with the year. Air traffic flow management delay attributed to the airport averaged 2.8 minutes per arriving flight this year, 1.7 over the last week.
| Window | Departures on time | Arrivals on time | Schedules operated | ATFM delay / arrival |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yesterday (21 October 2026) | 80.3% | 86.0% | 96.0% | 1.8 min |
| Last 7 days | 73.5% | 80.5% | 96.2% | 1.7 min |
| Year to date | 73.1% | 78.3% | 94.6% | 2.8 min |
Every US route from Amsterdam Schiphol, and its full punctuality record
The arrival airport
Landing at Portland International
Portland International is scored on this site from the DOT's domestic data: 82.5% of its 63,784 domestic departures arrived on time over the last twelve months, with delayed flights running about an hour late, and 0.74% were cancelled. Those are domestic flights, not this route, but an arriving transatlantic flight shares the same runways, the same weather and the same ground delay programmes, so a bad day at PDX reaches a flight from AMS just as surely. The airport's own page has the hour-by-hour and month-by-month detail, and its live FAA status appears above when the FAA has something to say.
Domestic on time
82.5%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late (DOT)
Avg delay
60 min
Delayed domestic flights only
Cancelled
0.74%
Domestic departures
63,784
Last twelve months
Portland International (PDX) delay statistics, hour by hour and month by month
Your rights
EC 261/2004 on AMS to PDX
Every flight that departs Amsterdam Schiphol falls under Regulation (EC) 261/2004, whichever airline flies it and wherever it lands. If it arrives at Portland International three hours or more late, or is cancelled with under 14 days' notice, and the cause was within the airline's control, each passenger is owed €600 (€300 if the airline got you there under four hours late), on top of rebooking and care. Weather, air traffic control restrictions and strikes outside the airline are the usual exemptions. The return flight from PDX is covered only when the carrier is EU based. The sector is about 4,989 miles, 8,027 km, which puts it in the top distance band.
Delayed three hours or more? Check a claim with Compensair →
What to do with this
Booking AMS to PDX
There is no grade to give AMS to PDX without a route record, and this site does not invent one. What the three sources support: about five departures a week in each direction, a single carrier, a departure airport that gets 73% of its departures away on time and an arrival airport that runs 83% on time domestically. Leave two hours for any onward connection at PDX; immigration comes before the connecting flight.
Common questions
AMS to PDX questions
How often are AMS to PDX flights delayed?
No public dataset records delays for this route flight by flight: the US on-time database is domestic only and only the UK publishes route-level punctuality in Europe. The nearest measurements are the departure airport's EUROCONTROL punctuality (73.1% of departures within 15 minutes this year) and PDX's domestic record in the DOT data (82.5% on time).
Which airlines fly AMS to PDX?
KLM. KLM accounted for 100% of the 498 flights the DOT counted on the pair.
Can I claim compensation for a delayed AMS to PDX flight?
Yes, if the flight arrived three hours or more late or was cancelled at short notice for a reason within the airline's control: departures from Amsterdam Schiphol are covered by EC 261/2004 whichever airline operates them. The fixed amount for a sector of this length is €600 a passenger, €300 if the airline got you there under four hours late. The return from PDX is covered only on an EU carrier.
How many flights a day are there from AMS to PDX?
About five departures a week in each direction: the DOT counted 498 flights in both directions over twelve months, peaking at 62 in May 2026 and falling to 26 in February 2026.
Related
Where to go next
- Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS): every US route
- Portland International (PDX) delay statistics
- AMS to JFK, New York (JFK)3,000 flights
- AMS to ATL, Atlanta (ATL)2,870 flights
- AMS to BOS, Boston (BOS)2,230 flights
- AMS to MSP, Minneapolis (MSP)2,032 flights
- LHR to PDX, from London583 flights
- KEF to PDX, from Reykjavík406 flights
- Every Europe-to-US route and airport
Netherlands publishes no route-level punctuality, so this page cannot grade the route. The UK pages in this section can, because the CAA does.
Sources: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, International Report (flights and passengers by carrier and airport pair), July 2025 to June 2026; EUROCONTROL Aviation Intelligence Portal, airport punctuality and ATFM delay to 21 October 2026. Rebuilt 22 October 2026; the EUROCONTROL figures refresh with each weekly build, the others when their publisher releases a month. How these sources differ.