The flight time from Salt Lake City to Portland is 1 hour, 53 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SLC Salt Lake City, UT 3 minutes early.
16 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 31 minutes in the air
5 minutes taxiing in
Arrives PDX Portland, OR 7 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Alaska
93%
Delta
89%
Frontier
64%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Salt Lake City to Portland is 1 hour, 53 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 31 minutes.

The flight distance from Salt Lake City to Portland is 630 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Portland to Salt Lake City
1 hour, 45 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Delta
1h 50m
Frontier
1h 53m
Alaska
2h 1m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

43

Distance

630 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

Delta
32
Alaska
10
Frontier
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Salt Lake City from Portland by plane?

The distance from Salt Lake City to Portland by plane is 630 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Salt Lake City to Portland?

The flight time from Salt Lake City to Portland is 1 hour, 53 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 31 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Delta being the fastest taking 1 hour, 50 minutes, and Alaska the slowest taking 2 hours, 1 minute.

What airlines fly from Salt Lake City to Portland?

Alaska, Frontier, and Delta are the airlines with direct flights from Salt Lake City to Portland.

Does Southwest fly from Salt Lake City to Portland?

Southwest does not fly from Salt Lake City (SLC) to Portland (PDX). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Salt Lake City 3 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 16 minutes
In the Air 91 minutes
Taxiing In 5 minutes
Arrives Portland 7 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Salt Lake City to Portland, Frontier is 64% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 64% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Alaska 93% 7% 0%
Delta 89% 10% 1%
Frontier 64% 30% 6%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Salt Lake City and Portland, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Delta 15 90 4 110
Frontier 16 90 7 113
Alaska 17 95 6 121

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
3pm 0.99
7pm 0.01
9pm 0.33
8pm 0.05
2pm 0.09
6am 0.08
7am 0.3
8am 1.27
11pm 0.15
12pm 0.31
6pm 0
10am 0.02
9am 0.22
5pm 0.6
11am 0.99
10pm 0.51
1pm 0.21

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Salt Lake City to Portland that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 171
February 161
March 192
April 195
May 215
June 218
July 219
August 204
September 174
October 179
November 167
December 171

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Salt Lake City to Portland that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 6.35
Tuesday 6.42
Wednesday 6.21
Thursday 6.42
Friday 6.33
Saturday 5.42
Sunday 6.42

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
Delta 1
Alaska 0
Frontier 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
3pm 15 90 4 110
7pm 22 88 7 120
9pm 17 92 5 115
8pm 15 89 6 114
2pm 17 90 6 113
6am 15 90 6 111
7am 30 99 6 135
8am 17 91 4 114
11pm 16 90 4 112
12pm 15 97 5 118
6pm 13 89 8 110
10am 16 93 10 126
9am 17 97 6 123
5pm 13 89 4 108
11am 15 89 5 111
10pm 16 88 5 111
1pm 16 93 5 115
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.