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Alaska Airlines EWR to PDX on-time performance

Alaska Airlines nonstop flights from Newark to Portland · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
73%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.6%
6 flights
Avg arrival delay
20 min
72 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 77% on time

Key facts

  • Alaska Airlines flights on EWR to PDX arrived on time 73% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.6% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 77% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (41%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 53.6% on time, 9.7% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 74.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 83.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 77.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 82.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 48.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 50.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 78.6% on time, 17.6% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 64.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 73.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 87.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 82.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 65.5% on time, 4.9% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Air traffic control & airport congestion41%
  • Late-arriving aircraft34%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)17%
  • Extreme weather8%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on EWR to PDX

379 Alaska Airlines flights tracked on this route; 6 cancelled, 0 diverted.

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.