AS653Alaska Airlines · PDX → SMF
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Route confirmed Alaska Airlines

AS653 PortlandPDX · 10:30 SacramentoSMF · 12:14

AS653 by Alaska Airlines flies from Portland (PDX) to Sacramento (SMF) for the Thu, Nov 5 departure.

Right nowEn route to Sacramento · off blocks 10:27 · 3 min early
En route

en route from PDX to SMF

En routeAS653 · position estimated
PDXPortlandSMFSacramento
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 10:27 · typical taxi-out at PDX ≈ 6.4 min.

⚖ AS653 typically leaves +1 and lands −15. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+1 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−15 minmedian over 11 operations
Wins back in air~16 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 11tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-05
−3 gate · −15 arrival
10-31
+1 gate · −15 arrival
10-30
−5 gate · −16 arrival
10-29
−3 gate · −15 arrival
10-28
+3 gate · −15 arrival
10-27
−6 gate · −26 arrival
10-26
+1 gate · −27 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 −15 min · 0 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
PDXPortlandOn-time likelyPDX delay board →
SMFSacramentoOn-time likelySMF delay board →
PDX→SMFevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
0.7%Chance of cancellation
+9 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at PDX and SMF are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow at Portland

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High14°Clikely 13°C to 16°C
Low9°Clikely 7°C to 11°C
  • 94% chance of rain

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Sacramento

Forecast

Fri 6 Nov, local date

High22°Clikely 20°C to 23°C
Low6°Clikely 4°C to 8°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Portland to Sacramento flights today

same route · Alaska Airlines
AS526departs 07:04
AS3374departs 08:00
AS475departs 08:33
AS1709departs 09:21
AS3146departs 10:30
AS3150departs 14:30

If AS653 is cancelled, these are the other Alaska Airlines nonstop flights from Portland to Sacramento on the same day, with scheduled departure times in PDX local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How AS653 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AS653 across the PDX and SMF boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~6 min early. Based on 11 confirmed landings · 11/11 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AS653 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
11-05PDX 10:30 10:27 (−3)SMF 12:14 11:59 (−15)
10-31PDX 10:30 10:31 (+1)SMF 12:14 11:59 (−15)
10-30PDX 10:30 10:25 (−5)SMF 12:14 11:58 (−16)
10-29PDX 10:30 10:27 (−3)SMF 12:14 11:59 (−15)
10-28PDX 10:30 10:33 (+3)SMF 12:14 11:59 (−15)
10-27PDX 10:30 10:24 (−6)SMF 12:14 11:48 (−26)
10-26PDX 10:30 10:31 (+1)SMF 12:14 11:47 (−27)
10-25PDX 10:30 10:38 (+8)SMF 12:14 12:02 (−12)
10-24PDX 10:30 10:33 (+3)SMF 12:14 12:01 (−13)
10-23PDX 10:30 10:49 (+19)SMF 12:14 12:10 (−4)
10-22PDX 10:30 10:22 (−8)SMF 12:14 11:42 (−32)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N428AS, N805AK, N461AS, N518AS.

Board clocks recorded as PDX and SMF published them.

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