Flight profile · Alaska Airlines
AS290
Newark (EWR) to Portland (PDX) · scheduled 5:30 PM – 8:50 PM
How AS290 performs
525 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
AS290 arrived on time 68.6% of the time, against 77.2% for all EWR → PDX flights — this specific departure is 8.6 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Alaska Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 4.9 points worse.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 525 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS290 | 68.6% | 2.10% | -2 min | 13.1% | 525 |
| Alaska Airlines on EWR → PDX | 73.5% | 1.73% | -6 min | 11.0% | 981 |
| All EWR → PDX flights | 77.2% | 1.59% | -9 min | 8.8% | 2,515 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AS290 has flown
A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| PDX→EWR Portland to Newark | 2023-07-01 – 2025-03-18 | 533 | 83.1% |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AS290 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Why AS290 runs late
Where US DOT attributed the delay minutes on this flight.
the inbound aircraft was late, so this flight started late
airspace and airport capacity, including weather-driven flow control
crew, maintenance, boarding, fuelling — within the carrier’s control
weather severe enough to stop this flight specifically
screening or terminal security incidents
Share of the delay minutes US DOT attributed to each cause for AS290 on EWR → PDX. A single late flight can carry more than one cause, and only delays of fifteen minutes or more are attributed at all.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 525 records of AS290 operating EWR → PDX, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.
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