Flights Boise → Portland
BOI → PDX
Route overview
The flight route from Boise to Portland operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 94%. Over the course of a year, this route sees approximately 421 flights using aircraft such as the De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash and Canadair Regional Jet 700, with an average delay time of just 0.5 minutes per flight. The destination airport serves over 18 million passengers annually, highlighting its significance in air traffic.
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 Boise (BOI) → Portland (PDX) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 552 flights monitored in recent months, 91% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 3 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.91%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 12.6/100 (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 Boise the average ATFM delay is 1.9 minutes.
Heading to Portland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Boise (BOI) to Portland (PDX) heads north-west for about 553 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 7m.
Departures from Boise on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 38% of BOI-PDX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Boise the average ATFM delay is 1.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Portland it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 552 tracked BOI-PDX flights, 91% left on time with an average delay of 3 min and a 0.9% 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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On the Boise (BOI) -> Portland (PDX) route, on-time performance is 91% with an average delay of 3 minutes, based on 552 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Boise-Portland is 0.91% across 552 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.
