Flights Portland → Burbank
PDX → BUR
Route overview
This flight route operates between Portland and Burbank, with an average on-time performance rate of 87%. Over the past year, it has seen a total of 247 flights, each typically arriving with a mean delay of 5.6 minutes. The destination airport in Burbank, which opened in 1942, handles approximately 5,898,736 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) → Burbank (BUR) route is operated by American Airlines, Alaska Airlines. Across 326 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.68%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 20.4/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Burbank the average ATFM delay is 2.4 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Portland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Burbank: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Portland (PDX) to Burbank (BUR) heads south for about 1,316 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 4m.
Departures from Portland on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 49% of PDX-BUR flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Portland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Burbank it is 2.4 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 326 tracked PDX-BUR flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 3.7% 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% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about PDX-BUR
On the Portland (PDX) -> Burbank (BUR) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 326 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Portland-Burbank is 3.68% across 326 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 2 airlines: American Airlines, Alaska Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Burbank, 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.
