Flights Dallas-Fort Worth → Portland
DFW → PDX
Route overview
The flight route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Portland operates with a high frequency of 537 flights, featuring aircraft such as the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 and Airbus A320. With an on-time performance rate of 74%, these flights experience an average delay of 12.7 minutes, serving one of the busiest destination airports in the United States with over 18 million passengers annually.
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 Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) → Portland (PDX) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Spirit Airlines. Across 712 flights monitored in recent months, 72% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 19 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.11%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 29/100 (medium), 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 Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Portland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Portland (PDX) heads north-west for about 2,597 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 40m.
Departures from Dallas-Fort Worth on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 55% of DFW-PDX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dallas-Fort Worth the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Portland it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 712 tracked DFW-PDX flights, 72% left on time with an average delay of 19 min and a 2.1% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
| Spirit Airlines (NK) | 74% | 10 min | 1.5% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about DFW-PDX
On the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) -> Portland (PDX) route, on-time performance is 72% with an average delay of 19 minutes, based on 712 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dallas-Fort Worth-Portland is 2.11% across 712 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Spirit Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Portland, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel, airline punctuality and recent trends.
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.
