Take the nonstop: Alaska SBA → PDX (2h 14m) reaches Portland on time 9 times in 10; the most reliable connection, United via SFO (4h 05m), 77%.
Nonstops (seasonal or thin)
Nonstop details →| Alaska | SBA | PDX | 2h 14m | 92% | 1.1% | 436 | Flying now |
Best connections, any airlines
Ranked by chance you reach Portland on time. Total trip = scheduled departure to arrival, layover included. Layovers up to 4 hours. Pick a connection for the details.
| Delta + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails → | SBA 05:50 → SLC 08:53DL 4069 · flown by SkyWest | 3h 53m Salt Lake City | SLC 12:46 → PDX 13:49AS 3117 · flown by SkyWest | 7h 59m | 100% | 92% |
| United + Frontiertwo ticketsDetails → | SBA 06:00 → LAX 07:03UA 4649 · flown by SkyWest | 2h 15m Los Angeles | LAX 09:18 → PDX 11:41F9 4499 | 5h 41m | 95% | 90% |
| DeltaDetails → | SBA 16:50 → SLC 19:57DL 3853 · flown by SkyWest | 2h 53m Salt Lake City | SLC 22:50 → PDX 23:44DL 1373 | 6h 55m | 99% | 88% |
| Southwest + Alaskatwo ticketsDetails → | SBA 06:05 → DEN 09:20WN 4125 | 2h 42m Denver | DEN 12:02 → PDX 13:46AS 684 | 7h 41m | 98% | 86% |
| UnitedDetails → | SBA 09:59 → SFO 11:25UA 4715 · flown by SkyWest | 3h 30m San Francisco | SFO 14:55 → PDX 16:47UA 2851 | 6h 48m | 98% | 86% |
| AlaskaDetails → | SBA 13:42 → SAN 14:47AS 2176 · flown by Horizon | 3h 11m San Diego | SAN 17:58 → PDX 20:31AS 1392 | 6h 49m | 100% | 83% |
| SouthwestDetails → | SBA 05:05 → LAS 06:30WN 4422 | 2h 50m Las Vegas | LAS 09:20 → PDX 11:40WN 4132 | 6h 35m | 100% | 83% |
| Alaska + Deltatwo ticketsDetails → | SBA 10:51 → SEA 13:26AS 2143 · flown by Horizon | 2h 35m Seattle | SEA 16:01 → PDX 17:09DL 3918 · flown by SkyWest | 6h 18m | 100% | 83% |
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| UnitedDetails → | SBA 20:24 → SFO 21:50UA 5704 · flown by SkyWest | 1h 02m San Francisco | SFO 22:52 → PDX 00:50 +1UA 2384 | 4h 26m | 23% | 17% |
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.
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
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.
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