Denver (DEN) – Portland (PDX)
- Distance
- 1,596 km
- 991 mi · 862 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 42 min / 2 h 28 min
- Average gate to gate: DEN → PDX / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 200 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (118 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 1,298,118
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +0.4%
- Flights / week
- 164
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 87%
- 1,499,103 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- UA, WN, AS
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from DEN
- 299°
- Heading from PDX
- 107°
- Halfway point
- 43.08, -113.22
- Great-circle km
- 1,592 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air DEN → PDX
- 2 h 19 min
- In the air PDX → DEN
- 2 h 5 min
- Clocks
- Portland is 1 h behind Denver
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 40 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 139,896 |
| Sep 2025 | 122,004 |
| Oct 2025 | 122,760 |
| Nov 2025 | 102,161 |
| Dec 2025 | 105,293 |
| Jan 2026 | 75,355 |
| Feb 2026 | 69,178 |
| Mar 2026 | 90,168 |
| Apr 2026 | 90,827 |
| May 2026 | 110,720 |
| Jun 2026 | 132,697 |
| Jul 2026 | 137,059 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 868 |
| Sep 2025 | 788 |
| Oct 2025 | 788 |
| Nov 2025 | 679 |
| Dec 2025 | 689 |
| Jan 2026 | 541 |
| Feb 2026 | 492 |
| Mar 2026 | 590 |
| Apr 2026 | 606 |
| May 2026 | 735 |
| Jun 2026 | 865 |
| Jul 2026 | 906 |
Airlines flying DEN–PDX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 70 | 43% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 60 | 36% |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 24 | 14% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 11 | 8% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 0.6 | 0% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Boeing 737-800 · 2,174 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 1,702 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1,413 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 1,001 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 934 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 512 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 449 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 179 flights
Also carried: 787 tonnes of freight and 352 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 78.7%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 13 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.3%
- Flights counted
- 8,571
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 86.8% | 9 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 68.4% | 17 min |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 79.9% | 12 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 81.7% | 11 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 57.7% | 20 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 30% · aircraft arriving late 47% · air traffic system 21% · weather 1% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $200
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $183
- Q3 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 44% of passengers · $225
- Lowest-fare airline
- Alaska Airlines
- 22% of passengers · $176
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q3 2025 $172 · Q4 2025 $186 · Q1 2026 $200).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,592 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
Every airport pair between Denver and Portland
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