The flight time from San Francisco to Portland is 1 hour, 43 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves SFO San Francisco, CA 2 minutes early.
19 minutes taxiing out
1 hour, 18 minutes in the air
4 minutes taxiing in
Arrives PDX Portland, OR 5 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

United
85%
Alaska
82%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from San Francisco to Portland is 1 hour, 43 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 18 minutes.

The flight distance from San Francisco to Portland is 550 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Portland to San Francisco
1 hour, 45 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

United
1h 42m
Alaska
1h 44m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

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

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

71

Distance

550 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0246810

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

United
35
Alaska
35

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is San Francisco from Portland by plane?

The distance from San Francisco to Portland by plane is 550 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from San Francisco to Portland?

The flight time from San Francisco to Portland is 1 hour, 43 minutes. The time spent in the air is 1 hour, 18 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with United being the fastest taking 1 hour, 42 minutes, and Alaska the slowest taking 1 hour, 44 minutes.

What airlines fly from San Francisco to Portland?

United and Alaska are the airlines with direct flights from San Francisco to Portland.

Does Southwest fly from San Francisco to Portland?

Southwest does not fly from San Francisco (SFO) 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 San Francisco 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 19 minutes
In the Air 78 minutes
Taxiing In 4 minutes
Arrives Portland 5 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 San Francisco to Portland, Alaska is 82% reliable, which means that Alaska flights are on time 82% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
United 85% 14% 1%
Alaska 82% 17% 1%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between San Francisco 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)
United 20 77 3 102
Alaska 18 79 4 104

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
2pm 0.4
7am 0.17
10pm 0.74
11am 0.48
8am 1.05
5pm 0.02
6am 0.77
1pm 0.94
4pm 1.39
12pm 0.39
3pm 0.26
6pm 1.2
8pm 0.21
10am 0.89
9am 0.42
7pm 0.52
9pm 0.22

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from San Francisco 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 321
February 301
March 312
April 303
May 347
June 292
July 290
August 288
September 310
October 324
November 315
December 302

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from San Francisco 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 10.88
Tuesday 10.12
Wednesday 10.21
Thursday 10.58
Friday 10.6
Saturday 8.96
Sunday 9.9

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
United 1
Alaska 1

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)
2pm 16 80 4 102
7am 15 80 4 101
10pm 20 76 4 102
11am 22 78 4 106
8am 20 78 4 104
5pm 20 79 5 106
6am 19 79 4 105
1pm 20 77 3 102
4pm 19 78 4 102
12pm 19 80 4 104
3pm 16 83 4 106
6pm 17 78 4 101
8pm 16 81 4 101
10am 21 77 3 103
9am 20 79 5 107
7pm 18 80 4 103
9pm 19 79 4 105
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.