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Airport month · August 2023
Philadelphia International in August 2023
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 8,378 domestic departures from Philadelphia International (PHL). 75.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.3% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so PHL departures were 1.1 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at PHL that month were on time 74.4% of the time (8,385 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 75.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.7%
- Cancelled 1.8%
- Diverted 0.2%
August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2023 | Year earlier | PHL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.6% | — | 74.1% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 75.3% | — | 73.4% | 76.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.8% | — | 2.7% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 21.1 min | — | 20.2 min | 17.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 279 | — | 276 | 20,100 |
| Scheduled departures | 8,378 | — | 100,793 | 602,987 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 4,135 | 49% | 75.8% | 10.5 min | 1.4% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 1,023 | 12% | 61.2% | 26.0 min | 5.1% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 669 | 8% | 78.3% | 3.5 min | 1.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 564 | 7% | 82.1% | 3.8 min | 2.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 557 | 7% | 64.3% | 19.2 min | 1.1% |
| YX Republic Airline | 524 | 6% | 87.6% | -6.0 min | 1.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 395 | 5% | 87.8% | 0.5 min | 0.5% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 391 | 5% | 79.3% | 4.9 min | 0.5% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 62 | 1% | 85.5% | -0.7 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 58 | 1% | 65.5% | 6.3 min | 3.4% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHL–MCO | Philadelphia to Orlando | 574 | 66.2% | 25.8 min | 2.6% |
| PHL–ATL | Philadelphia to Atlanta | 501 | 77.0% | 5.5 min | 3.2% |
| PHL–ORD | Philadelphia to Chicago | 422 | 81.8% | 6.4 min | 1.7% |
| PHL–BOS | Philadelphia to Boston | 399 | 73.7% | 10.4 min | 1.5% |
| PHL–DFW | Philadelphia to Dallas/Fort Worth | 337 | 76.3% | 6.2 min | 1.8% |
| PHL–CLT | Philadelphia to Charlotte | 325 | 67.7% | 25.4 min | 2.2% |
| PHL–DEN | Philadelphia to Denver | 294 | 79.9% | 4.9 min | 1.4% |
| PHL–MIA | Philadelphia to Miami | 286 | 68.2% | 14.4 min | 1.0% |
| PHL–DTW | Philadelphia to Detroit | 271 | 83.0% | 3.8 min | 1.5% |
| PHL–LAX | Philadelphia to Los Angeles | 247 | 83.8% | -6.0 min | 0.8% |
| PHL–BNA | Philadelphia to Nashville | 241 | 80.5% | 10.1 min | 0.8% |
| PHL–FLL | Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale | 235 | 69.8% | 12.1 min | 1.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PHL on time in August 2023?
75.6% of 8,378 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for PHL · methodology · corrections.