Flights Salt Lake City → Portland
SLC → PDX
Route overview
The flight route from Salt Lake City to Portland operates with a high level of punctuality, achieving on-time arrivals in 90% of its total 595 flights. The average delay for these flights is only 2.8 minutes, making it one of the most reliable routes between the two cities. The aircraft used include Airbus A320 and Boeing models such as the 757 and 737-300, serving a destination airport that sees over eighteen 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 Salt Lake City (SLC) → Portland (PDX) route is operated by Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines. Across 766 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 1.57%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 15.1/100 (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 Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Portland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Portland (PDX) heads north-west for about 1,012 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 41m.
Departures from Salt Lake City on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 49% of SLC-PDX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Salt Lake City the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Portland it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 766 tracked SLC-PDX flights, 89% left on time with an average delay of 4 min and a 1.6% 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 SLC-PDX
On the Salt Lake City (SLC) -> Portland (PDX) route, on-time performance is 89% with an average delay of 4 minutes, based on 766 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Salt Lake City-Portland is 1.57% across 766 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 3 airlines: Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest 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.
