AS609Alaska Airlines · ANC → PDX
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Route confirmed Alaska Airlines

AS609 AnchorageANC · 01:22 PortlandPDX · 06:00

AS609 by Alaska Airlines flies from Anchorage (ANC) to Portland (PDX) for the Wed, Aug 19 departure.

Right nowEn route to Portland · off blocks 01:30 · 8 min late
En route

en route from ANC to PDX

En routeAS609 · position estimated
ANCAnchoragePDXPortland
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 01:30 · typical taxi-out at ANC ≈ 7 min.

⚖ AS609 typically leaves +11 and lands −11. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
08-19
+8 gate · −25 arrival
08-18
+11 gate · −27 arrival
08-17
+10 gate · −11 arrival
08-16
+17 gate · −2 arrival
08-15
+34 gate · +11 arrival
08-14
+11 gate · −11 arrival
08-13
+4 gate · −23 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 −11 min · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
ANCAnchorageOn-time likelyANC delay board →
PDXPortlandOn-time likelyPDX delay board →
ANC→PDXevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
48%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+11 minAvg hub delay right now

Driven mainly by PDX (Portland), currently flying IFR (instrument). 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
061422
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T
W
T
F
S
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Anchorage to Portland flights today

same route · Alaska Airlines
AS593departs 00:45
AS2080departs 05:00
AS2398departs 05:00
AS1567departs 09:10
AS329departs 09:10
AS267departs 11:54

If AS609 is cancelled, these are the other Alaska Airlines nonstop flights from Anchorage to Portland on the same day, with scheduled departure times in ANC local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AS609 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AS609 across the ANC and PDX boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~11 min early. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 13/14 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 AS609 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
08-19ANC 01:22 01:30 (+8)PDX 06:00 05:35 (−25)
08-18ANC 01:22 01:33 (+11)PDX 06:00 05:33 (−27)
08-17ANC 01:22 01:32 (+10)PDX 06:00 05:49 (−11)
08-16ANC 01:22 01:39 (+17)PDX 06:00 05:58 (−2)
08-15ANC 01:22 01:56 (+34)PDX 06:00 06:11 (+11)
08-14ANC 01:22 01:33 (+11)PDX 06:00 05:49 (−11)
08-13ANC 01:22 01:26 (+4)PDX 06:00 05:37 (−23)
08-12ANC 01:22 01:30 (+8)PDX 06:00 05:35 (−25)
08-11ANC 01:22 02:13 (+51)PDX 06:00 06:28 (+28)
08-10ANC 01:22 01:42 (+20)PDX 06:00 05:58 (−2)
08-09ANC 01:22 01:33 (+11)PDX 06:00 05:47 (−13)
08-08ANC 01:22 01:40 (+18)PDX 06:00 (+0)
08-07ANC 01:22 01:25 (+3)PDX 06:00 05:49 (−11)
08-06ANC 01:22 01:25 (+3)PDX 06:00 05:34 (−26)
08-05ANC PDX 06:00 05:58 (−2)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N983AK, N492AS, N948AK, N468AS.

Board clocks recorded as ANC and PDX published them.

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