Flights Portland → Salt Lake City
PDX → SLC
Route overview
The flight route from Portland to Salt Lake City boasts a high on-time performance rate of 92%, with an average arrival delay of just -0.3 minutes, indicating frequent punctuality. Over the course of a year, this route sees 594 flights using aircraft such as Boeing 757 and Airbus A320, serving a destination airport that handles approximately 25,752,783 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) → Salt Lake City (SLC) route is operated by Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 765 flights monitored in recent months, 89% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 4 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.44%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.5/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Portland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Salt Lake City: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Portland (PDX) to Salt Lake City (SLC) heads south-east for about 1,012 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 41m.
Departures from Portland on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 42% of PDX-SLC flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Portland the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Salt Lake City it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 765 tracked PDX-SLC flights, 89% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 1.4% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines (DL) | 80% | 8 min | 1.8% |
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
| Alaska Airlines (AS) | 67% | 10 min | 11.9% |
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Frequently asked questions about PDX-SLC
On the Portland (PDX) -> Salt Lake City (SLC) route, on-time performance is 89% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 765 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Portland-Salt Lake City is 1.44% across 765 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines.
Enter your flight number on FlightGuard for a real-time analysis based on 9 factors: weather at Salt Lake City, 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.
