Portland (PDX) – San Diego (SAN)
- Distance
- 1,501 km
- 933 mi · 810 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 33 min / 2 h 34 min
- Average gate to gate: PDX → SAN / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 189 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (112 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 511,067
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +4.2%
- Flights / week
- 68
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 85%
- 603,296 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 4
- AS, WN, OO
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 PDX
- 160°
- Heading from SAN
- 344°
- Halfway point
- 39.20, -119.65
- Great-circle km
- 1,503 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air PDX → SAN
- 2 h 6 min
- In the air SAN → PDX
- 2 h 7 min
- Clocks
- Same time in both
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 35 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 45,325 |
| Sep 2025 | 36,841 |
| Oct 2025 | 43,782 |
| Nov 2025 | 40,194 |
| Dec 2025 | 42,803 |
| Jan 2026 | 33,363 |
| Feb 2026 | 32,773 |
| Mar 2026 | 46,345 |
| Apr 2026 | 46,447 |
| May 2026 | 46,725 |
| Jun 2026 | 47,147 |
| Jul 2026 | 49,322 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 293 |
| Sep 2025 | 260 |
| Oct 2025 | 286 |
| Nov 2025 | 293 |
| Dec 2025 | 310 |
| Jan 2026 | 263 |
| Feb 2026 | 245 |
| Mar 2026 | 347 |
| Apr 2026 | 326 |
| May 2026 | 318 |
| Jun 2026 | 301 |
| Jul 2026 | 308 |
Airlines flying PDX–SAN nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| ASAlaska Airlines | 60 | 90% |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 6.2 | 9% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 1.3 | 1% |
| 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
- Boeing 737-900ER · 1,224 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 900 · 1,146 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 697 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 236 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 141 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 89 flights
- Boeing 737-900 · 17 flights
Also carried: 107 tonnes of freight and 20 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 80.4%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 10 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 0.9%
- Flights counted
- 3,547
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| ASAlaska Airlines | 81.8% | 10 min |
| WNSouthwest Airlines | 65.3% | 14 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 88.3% | 9 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 28% · aircraft arriving late 46% · air traffic system 26% · 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
- $215
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $208
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Alaska Airlines
- 84% of passengers · $216
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 12% of passengers · $202
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $201 · Q3 2025 $208 · Q4 2025 $207 · Q1 2026 $215).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $219, likely $194–$250
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 86% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 8.2%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
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: 1,503 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.