Flights Portland → Billings
PDX → BIL
Route overview
The flight route from Portland to Billings operates with high punctuality, boasting a 94% on-time performance rate and an average arrival time that is actually one minute ahead of schedule. Over the past year, this route has seen eighty-five flights using the De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q aircraft, serving the destination airport which opened in 1940 and currently handles approximately 865,431 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) → Billings (BIL) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 85 flights monitored in recent months, 94% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of -2 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.18%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 7/100 (low), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Billings the average ATFM delay is 1.7 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Portland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Billings: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Portland (PDX) to Billings (BIL) heads east for about 1,091 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 47m.
Departures from Portland on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of PDX-BIL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Portland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Billings it is 1.7 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 85 tracked PDX-BIL flights, 94% left on time with an average delay of -2 min and a 1.2% cancellation rate.
Route facts
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
Airlines operating PDX-BIL
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Frequently asked questions about PDX-BIL
On the Portland (PDX) -> Billings (BIL) route, on-time performance is 94% with an average delay of -2 minutes, based on 85 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Portland-Billings is 1.18% 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.
