Portland (PDX) – Santa Ana (SNA)
- Distance
- 1,383 km
- 859 mi · 747 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 28 min / 2 h 26 min
- Average gate to gate: PDX → SNA / back
- Time difference
- none
- CO2 per passenger
- 174 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (103 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 408,329
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +6.0%
- Flights / week
- 59
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 83%
- 491,195 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 1
- 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 PDX
- 161°
- Heading from SNA
- 344°
- Halfway point
- 39.66, -120.03
- Great-circle km
- 1,385 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air PDX → SNA
- 2 h 3 min
- In the air SNA → PDX
- 2 h 5 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.
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| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 36,906 |
| Sep 2025 | 39,008 |
| Oct 2025 | 39,710 |
| Nov 2025 | 34,800 |
| Dec 2025 | 39,299 |
| Jan 2026 | 29,230 |
| Feb 2026 | 27,578 |
| Mar 2026 | 31,536 |
| Apr 2026 | 32,289 |
| May 2026 | 32,280 |
| Jun 2026 | 32,867 |
| Jul 2026 | 32,826 |
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| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 260 |
| Sep 2025 | 295 |
| Oct 2025 | 283 |
| Nov 2025 | 288 |
| Dec 2025 | 299 |
| Jan 2026 | 232 |
| Feb 2026 | 212 |
| Mar 2026 | 248 |
| Apr 2026 | 235 |
| May 2026 | 246 |
| Jun 2026 | 236 |
| Jul 2026 | 244 |
Airlines flying PDX–SNA nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| ASAlaska Airlines | 59 | 100% |
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 · 2,658 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 388 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 25 flights
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 6 flights
- A200-100 BD-500-1A10 · 1 flight
Also carried: 33 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 92%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 4 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 1.1%
- Flights counted
- 3,100
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
Delay minutes by cause: airline 35% · aircraft arriving late 38% · air traffic system 27% · weather 0% · 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
- $226
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $215
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- Alaska Airlines
- 90% of passengers · $227
- Lowest-fare airline
- Southwest Airlines
- 7% of passengers · $194
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $206 · Q3 2025 $209 · Q4 2025 $219 · Q1 2026 $226).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $231, likely $200–$263
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 90% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 7.9%). 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
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q1, typically 3% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
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: 1,385 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.