Flights Santa Rosa → Portland
STS → PDX
Route overview
The flight route from Santa Rosa to Portland operates with high punctuality, boasting a 92% on-time performance rate. Over the course of a year, it averages just over one minute of delay per flight out of the total 208 flights conducted using the De Havilland Canada DHC-8-400 Dash 8Q aircraft. The destination airport serves a substantial number of passengers annually, with approximately 18,563,132 travelers passing through it each year.
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 Santa Rosa (STS) → Portland (PDX) route is operated by Alaska Airlines. Across 239 flights monitored in recent months, 92% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 1 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.51%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 9.8/100 (low), 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 Santa Rosa the average ATFM delay is 2.1 minutes.
Heading to Portland: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Santa Rosa (STS) to Portland (PDX) heads north for about 787 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 24m.
Departures from Santa Rosa on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 51% of STS-PDX flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Santa Rosa the average ATFM delay is 2.1 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Portland it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 239 tracked STS-PDX flights, 92% left on time with an average delay of 1 min and a 2.5% 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 STS-PDX
On the Santa Rosa (STS) -> Portland (PDX) route, on-time performance is 92% with an average delay of 1 minutes, based on 239 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Santa Rosa-Portland is 2.51% across 239 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.
