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Delta Air Lines JFK to PDX on-time performance

Delta Air Lines nonstop flights from New York to Portland · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
73%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.2%
12 flights
Avg arrival delay
18 min
63 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 2
route average 74% on time

Key facts

  • Delta Air Lines flights on JFK to PDX arrived on time 73% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.2% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 74% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (53%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 64.4% on time, 4.8% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 85.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 85.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 83.6% on time, 1.6% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 55.6% on time, 2.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 53.3% on time, 3.2% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 73.3% on time, 3.2% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 68.0% on time, 10.7% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 46.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 60.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 75.9% on time, 3.6% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 76.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 76.3% on time, 4.8% 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 congestion53%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)32%
  • Late-arriving aircraft15%
  • Extreme weather0%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on JFK to PDX

550 Delta Air Lines flights tracked on this route; 12 cancelled, 2 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.