Los Angeles (LAX) – Portland (PDX)
- Distance
- 1,341 km
- 834 mi · 724 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 19 min / 2 h 24 min
- Average gate to gate: LAX → PDX / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 169 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (100 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 987,396
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · −10.1%
- Flights / week
- 167
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 78%
- 1,262,304 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- AS, DL, F9
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 LAX
- 346°
- Heading from PDX
- 163°
- Halfway point
- 39.79, -120.33
- Great-circle km
- 1,343 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air LAX → PDX
- 1 h 56 min
- In the air PDX → LAX
- 1 h 56 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 25 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 95,419 |
| Sep 2025 | 76,102 |
| Oct 2025 | 83,987 |
| Nov 2025 | 77,999 |
| Dec 2025 | 86,446 |
| Jan 2026 | 70,517 |
| Feb 2026 | 65,876 |
| Mar 2026 | 80,655 |
| Apr 2026 | 81,642 |
| May 2026 | 88,399 |
| Jun 2026 | 89,122 |
| Jul 2026 | 91,232 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 814 |
| Sep 2025 | 746 |
| Oct 2025 | 766 |
| Nov 2025 | 730 |
| Dec 2025 | 773 |
| Jan 2026 | 658 |
| Feb 2026 | 616 |
| Mar 2026 | 723 |
| Apr 2026 | 691 |
| May 2026 | 756 |
| Jun 2026 | 714 |
| Jul 2026 | 702 |
Airlines flying LAX–PDX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| ASAlaska Airlines | 71 | 50% |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 65 | 36% |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 8.3 | 8% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 23 | 6% |
| QXHorizon Air | 0.4 | 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
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 2,864 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 1,332 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1,268 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 1,165 flights
- Canadair RJ-700 · 1,133 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 333 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 215 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-200n · 192 flights
Also carried: 874 tonnes of freight and 121 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 86.6%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 10 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.7%
- Flights counted
- 8,692
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| ASAlaska Airlines | 88% | 7 min |
| DLDelta Air Lines | 88.2% | 10 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 77.9% | 23 min |
| F9Frontier Airlines | 85.6% | 7 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 56% · aircraft arriving late 36% · air traffic system 7% · 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
- $205
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $183
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Alaska Airlines
- 49% of passengers · $201
- Lowest-fare airline
- Alaska Airlines
- 49% of passengers · $201
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $165 · Q3 2025 $178 · Q4 2025 $192 · Q1 2026 $205).
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: 1,343 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.