Saint Paul (MSP) – Portland (PDX)
- Distance
- 2,295 km
- 1,426 mi · 1,239 nm
- Flight time
- 3 h 37 min / 3 h 12 min
- Average gate to gate: MSP → PDX / back
- Time difference
- 2 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 288 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (170 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 546,057
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +3.3%
- Flights / week
- 69
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 85%
- 645,443 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- DL, SY, 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 MSP
- 282°
- Heading from PDX
- 81°
- Halfway point
- 46.19, -107.82
- Great-circle km
- 2,289 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air MSP → PDX
- 3 h 16 min
- In the air PDX → MSP
- 2 h 49 min
- Clocks
- Portland is 2 h behind Saint Paul
The estimate for a route without real times is 3 h 30 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 62,638 |
| Sep 2025 | 47,993 |
| Oct 2025 | 50,996 |
| Nov 2025 | 46,275 |
| Dec 2025 | 41,101 |
| Jan 2026 | 24,018 |
| Feb 2026 | 21,418 |
| Mar 2026 | 29,663 |
| Apr 2026 | 36,928 |
| May 2026 | 48,548 |
| Jun 2026 | 65,001 |
| Jul 2026 | 71,478 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 410 |
| Sep 2025 | 345 |
| Oct 2025 | 338 |
| Nov 2025 | 318 |
| Dec 2025 | 268 |
| Jan 2026 | 170 |
| Feb 2026 | 159 |
| Mar 2026 | 202 |
| Apr 2026 | 249 |
| May 2026 | 307 |
| Jun 2026 | 400 |
| Jul 2026 | 441 |
Airlines flying MSP–PDX nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 51 | 76% |
| SYSun Country Airlines | 7.7 | 11% |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 8.3 | 11% |
| QXHorizon Air | 2.4 | 2% |
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 737-900ER · 1,932 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 527 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321Neoxlr · 476 flights
- Airbus Industrie A321-200n · 303 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 155 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 126 flights
- Boeing 757-200 · 70 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 16 flights
Also carried: 102 tonnes of freight and 80 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 87.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 8 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.6%
- Flights counted
- 3,086
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| DLDelta Air Lines | 87.3% | 8 min |
| ASAlaska Airlines | 87.5% | 8 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 50% · aircraft arriving late 26% · air traffic system 20% · weather 4% · 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
- $313
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $229
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Delta Air Lines
- 62% of passengers · $369
- Lowest-fare airline
- Alaska Airlines
- 16% of passengers · $236
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $228 · Q3 2025 $204 · Q4 2025 $228 · Q1 2026 $313).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 6 (airline ticket sample, US domestic city pairs; each city here has this one airport). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 2,289 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.