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AS540

Portland (PDX) to Austin (AUS) · scheduled 5:40 PM – 6:59 PM

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How AS540 performs

917 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
77.3%
699 of 904 completed
Cancellation rate
1.20%
11 cancelled
Median arrival delay
1 min
Average 8.8 min
Severe delays
5.8%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
52 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
84.1%
Left the gate on time

AS540 arrived on time 77.3% of the time, against 78.3% for all PDXAUS flights — this specific departure is 1.0 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against Alaska Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 1.0 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 917 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AS54077.3%1.20%1 min5.8%917
Alaska Airlines on PDXAUS78.3%0.96%-1 min5.6%1,360
All PDXAUS flights78.3%0.96%-1 min5.6%1,360

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

By day of week

Does AS540 run worse on particular days?

Monday73.7%
Tuesday84.6%
Wednesday83.6%
Thursday69.1%
Friday75.8%
Saturday80.5%
Sunday74.8%

Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Thursday the least, a gap of 15.5 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 917 records of AS540 operating PDXAUS, 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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