Flights Billings → Portland
BIL → PDX
Route overview
The flight route from Billings to Portland operates with high punctuality, boasting a 92% on-time performance rate and an average delay of -0.4 minutes. Over the past year, this route has seen eighty-five flights using the De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q aircraft, connecting passengers from Billings, whose airport opened in 1940, to one of the busiest airports in the United States with over eighteen million annual passengers.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Billings (BIL) → Portland (PDX) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 85 flights monitored in recent months, 92% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of -0 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.35%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 9.2/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Portland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Billings the average ATFM delay is 1.7 minutes.
Heading to Portland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Billings (BIL) to Portland (PDX) heads west for about 1,091 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 47m.
Departures from Billings on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 100% of BIL-PDX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Billings the average ATFM delay is 1.7 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Portland it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 85 tracked BIL-PDX flights, 92% left on time with an average delay of -0 min and a 2.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about BIL-PDX
On the Billings (BIL) -> Portland (PDX) route, on-time performance is 92% with an average delay of -0 minutes, based on 85 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Billings-Portland is 2.35% across 85 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Alaska Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
