AS581Alaska Airlines · PDX → LAX
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Route confirmed Alaska Airlines

AS581 PortlandPDX · 07:03 Los AngelesLAX · 09:47

AS581 by Alaska Airlines flies from Portland (PDX) to Los Angeles (LAX) for the Fri, Aug 21 departure.

Right nowEn route to Los Angeles · off blocks 07:04 · 1 min late
En route

en route from PDX to LAX

En routeAS581 · position estimated
PDXPortlandLAXLos Angeles
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 07:04.

⚖ AS581 typically leaves +0 and lands −19. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
08-21
+1 gate · −25 arrival
08-20
−5 gate · −34 arrival
08-19
+0 gate · −19 arrival
08-18
+0 gate · −18 arrival
08-17
+5 gate · −10 arrival
08-16
+0 gate · +10 arrival
08-15
+8 gate · −11 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival −19 min · 0 cancelled · 10 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PDXPortlandOn-time likelyPDX delay board →
LAXLos AngelesOn-time likelyLAX delay board →
PDX→LAXevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.5%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at PDX and LAX are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Portland to Los Angeles flights today

same route · Alaska Airlines
AS647departs 13:53
AS1391departs 20:18

If AS581 is cancelled, these are the other Alaska Airlines nonstop flights from Portland to Los Angeles on the same day, with scheduled departure times in PDX local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AS581 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AS581 across the PDX and LAX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~15 min early. Based on 7 confirmed landings · 7/7 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AS581 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
08-21PDX 07:03 07:04 (+1)LAX 09:47 09:22 (−25)
08-20PDX 07:03 06:58 (−5)LAX 09:47 09:13 (−34)
08-19PDX 07:03 (+0)LAX 09:47 09:28 (−19)
08-18PDX 07:00 (+0)LAX 09:37 09:19 (−18)
08-17PDX 07:00 07:05 (+5)LAX 09:37 09:27 (−10)
08-16PDX 07:00 (+0)LAX 09:37 09:47 (+10)
08-15PDX 07:20 07:28 (+8)LAX 09:57 09:46 (−11)
08-14PDX 07:00 06:58 (−2)LAX 09:37 09:10 (−27)
08-13PDX 07:00 06:54 (−6)LAX 09:37 09:13 (−24)
08-12PDX 07:00 06:57 (−3)LAX 09:37 09:16 (−21)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N462AS, N990AK, N538AS, N961AK.

Board clocks recorded as PDX and LAX published them.

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