Itineraries flown on 20+ days in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule · each leg’s record Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

Connect in the morning. The same one-hour layover misses 8% of the time at 8 am and 2 times in 5 at 8 pm.

Nonstops (seasonal or thin)


American	PHL	PDX	6h 13m	74%	2.7%	182	Flying now
Alaska	PHL	PDX	5h 51m	65%	1.3%	80	Flying now

Best connections, any airlines

Most reliable Quickest (80%+ on time)

Ranked by chance you reach Portland on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included (Portland is 3 h behind Philadelphia). Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.


United Details →	PHL 08:00 → DEN 10:01UA 2307	3h 26m Denver	DEN 13:27 → PDX 15:13UA 2455	10h 13m	100%	90%
Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	PHL 07:23 → SLC 10:06DL 2023	2h 40m Salt Lake City	SLC 12:46 → PDX 13:49AS 3117 · flown by SkyWest	9h 26m	97%	88%
Alaska Details →	PHL 07:33 → SEA 10:32AS 277	3h 13m Seattle	SEA 13:45 → PDX 14:48AS 3204 · flown by SkyWest	10h 15m	100%	88%
American + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	PHL 08:30 → LAX 11:24AA 824	3h 03m Los Angeles	LAX 14:27 → PDX 16:47AS 1315	11h 17m	97%	88%
American + Unitedtwo ticketsDetails →	PHL 08:27 → SFO 11:29AA 1524	3h 26m San Francisco	SFO 14:55 → PDX 16:47UA 2851	11h 20m	99%	86%
American + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails →	PHL 09:35 → DEN 11:56AA 3312	3h 12m Denver	DEN 15:08 → PDX 16:51F9 2553	10h 18m	99%	85%
American + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails →	PHL 11:03 → AUS 13:53AA 1401	3h 48m Austin	AUS 17:41 → PDX 19:50AS 1396	11h 47m	100%	85%
United Details →	PHL 10:00 → DEN 12:01UA 1537	3h 59m Denver	DEN 16:00 → PDX 17:46UA 1337	10h 46m	100%	84%
Tight connection: often missed
United Details →	PHL 16:14 → DEN 18:25UA 2644	1h 05m Denver	DEN 19:30 → PDX 21:15UA 498	8h 01m	64%	51%
Alaska Details →	PHL 16:26 → SEA 19:30AS 443	55m Seattle	SEA 20:25 → PDX 21:22AS 2387 · flown by Horizon	7h 56m	61%	49%
American Details →	PHL 17:30 → PHX 19:37AA 1984	48m Phoenix	PHX 20:25 → PDX 23:08AA 561	8h 38m	46%	30%

Same layover, different day-part

How often the first flight arrives too late to connect (45 min minimum), for one-ticket layovers of 45–80 minutes.

Morning

SFO · 1h 17m · leaves 06:00 4%

DTW · 1h 04m · leaves 06:10 8%

ATL · 1h 08m · leaves 05:15 9%

Afternoon and evening

DEN · 1h 05m · leaves 16:14 36%

SEA · 51m · leaves 18:45 44%

PHX · 48m · leaves 17:30 54%

Delays build through the day, so an afternoon first leg eats the layover. A short connection is fine early in the morning and a gamble later on.

Mixing airlines

One ticketMiss it and the airline rebooks you; bags go through. 45 min is enough.

Separate ticketsMiss it and you buy a new ticket. Re-check bags, clear security again: we require 90 min.

The table above includes two-ticket connections (marked “two tickets”), held to the 90-minute minimum. One ticket only →

Regional partners count as the airline that sells them: SkyWest flying Delta Connection is one Delta ticket.

How these are worked out. Makes the connection: share of the last year’s flights where the first flight arrived with at least 45 minutes to spare (90 on separate tickets). Arrives on time: first flight not cancelled × connection made × second flight not cancelled and arriving within 15 minutes. Not yet counted: the second flight also leaving late (which helps), gate-to-gate distance at the hub, and rebooking after a missed connection.

About this data: US DOT on-time records, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, all US airlines; regional flights count under the airline that sells them. Schedules (which flights and connections exist, and their times) are as of Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026; seasonal flights outside that window aren’t ranked. Rebuilt monthly. JSON