Route · SFO → PDX
Flights from San Francisco to Portland
The 550-mile hop from San Francisco International to Portland International is one of the busiest short-haul corridors on the West Coast, with a typical block time of around an hour and a half that makes it a genuine alternative to Amtrak's Coast Starlight for business travelers. Alaska Airlines dominates the route and operates it most frequently, often on Airbus A320-family narrowbodies, while United, Delta, and American each run competitive schedules, historically using similar single-aisle equipment; Virgin America served it before its absorption into Alaska. A practical note worth knowing: SFO's terminal layout means Alaska and its partners operate from the domestic terminal, while United anchors Terminal 3, so confirm your departure hall before heading through security. Fares on this corridor tend to soften in January and February after the holiday peak, and mid-week departures — Tuesday and Wednesday in particular — typically offer the most flexibility at the lowest base fares.
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Cheapest dates to fly
Live prices · powered by AviasalesThe calendar below pulls live fares from our search partner for San Francisco (SFO) → Portland (PDX). Use the year… view to spot the cheapest week to fly, the day-of-week patterns most travellers miss, and any shoulder-season dips worth shifting your trip around. Prices refresh every few hours, so what you see is what your booking page should look like a moment later — click any date to jump straight to the fare on Aviasales.
Airlines on this route
6 carriersThe 6 carriers we currently track on the San Francisco–Portland route, from full-service flag carriers to low-cost competitors. Tap any airline for its full profile,… baggage rules, fleet context, and a live fare search pre-filtered to that carrier — useful if you're loyal to a frequent-flyer programme, want to compare onboard product on the same dates, or are weighing a cheaper one-stop against a pricier nonstop.
Flights from San Francisco to Portland
Live schedule · powered by AviasalesBelow is the published weekly schedule for nonstop and one-stop services from San Francisco to Portland — the actual flight numbers, departure and arrival times… your booking page will pull from. Use it to plan around departure preferences (early morning vs late evening), see which carriers fly on which weekdays, or pick a connection that lets you sleep in your own bed before a long-haul leg. Click any row to load it directly in the search.
Airport guides
Quick links into the airport profiles at both ends of the route. Each guide covers terminal layout, the airlines that base hubs at SFO and… PDX, the other routes those airports serve, and the ground-transit options most travellers wish they'd read about before landing — the practical context you only really need to know once you've booked, but want to skim before you do.