Flights Portland → Anchorage
PDX → ANC
Route overview
The flight route from Portland to Anchorage operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving an on-time performance rate of 85%. Over the course of a year, approximately 385 flights are conducted using Boeing 737-400 and Boeing 737-700 aircraft, with each flight experiencing an average delay of 6.9 minutes. The destination airport sees around 4.9 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 Portland (PDX) → Anchorage (ANC) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 457 flights monitored in recent months, 83% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.19%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Anchorage the average ATFM delay is 0.9 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Portland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Anchorage: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Portland (PDX) to Anchorage (ANC) heads north-west for about 2,477 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 31m.
Departures from Portland on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 42% of PDX-ANC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Portland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Anchorage it is 0.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 457 tracked PDX-ANC flights, 83% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 2.2% 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 PDX-ANC
On the Portland (PDX) -> Anchorage (ANC) route, on-time performance is 83% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 457 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Portland-Anchorage is 2.19% across 457 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.
