Alaska Airlines PDX to SAN on-time performance
Alaska Airlines nonstop flights from Portland to San Diego · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.9%
14 flights
Avg arrival delay
11 min
39 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 3
route average 77% on time
Key facts
- Alaska Airlines flights on PDX to SAN arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.9% were cancelled, and 3% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #2 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 77% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was air traffic control & airport congestion (43%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Air traffic control & airport congestion43%
- Late-arriving aircraft33%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)23%
- Extreme weather1%
- Security0%
Other airlines on PDX to SAN
- Southwest Airlines71% on time · 11 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines90% on time · 8 min avg delay
Full PDX to SAN comparison →
Alaska Airlines on-time record across all routes →
1,581 Alaska Airlines flights tracked on this route; 14 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.