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Airport month · September 2023
Philadelphia International in September 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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 8,331 domestic departures from Philadelphia International (PHL). 77.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.2% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so PHL departures were 2.6 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at PHL that month were on time 75.5% of the time (8,329 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 76.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.3%
- Cancelled 2.1%
- Diverted 0.3%
September 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2023 | Year earlier | PHL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.9% | — | 74.1% | 80.5% |
| Arrived on time | 76.2% | — | 73.4% | 80.1% |
| Cancelled | 2.1% | — | 2.7% | 1.2% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.1 min | — | 20.2 min | 14.1 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 278 | — | 276 | 18,978 |
| Scheduled departures | 8,331 | — | 100,793 | 569,338 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 4,081 | 49% | 75.3% | 10.5 min | 1.9% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 1,040 | 12% | 65.2% | 19.6 min | 3.8% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 690 | 8% | 78.4% | 6.4 min | 3.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 623 | 7% | 82.3% | 5.2 min | 3.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 520 | 6% | 88.1% | 2.9 min | 0.2% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 468 | 6% | 73.3% | 7.2 min | 1.7% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 420 | 5% | 82.4% | 6.0 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 360 | 4% | 85.8% | -0.8 min | 1.4% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 69 | 1% | 58.0% | 30.7 min | 4.3% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 60 | 1% | 81.7% | -5.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHL–MCO | Philadelphia to Orlando | 548 | 68.6% | 18.9 min | 3.1% |
| PHL–ATL | Philadelphia to Atlanta | 521 | 82.3% | 4.3 min | 0.8% |
| PHL–BOS | Philadelphia to Boston | 400 | 65.5% | 21.3 min | 3.3% |
| PHL–ORD | Philadelphia to Chicago | 385 | 83.1% | 0.9 min | 2.1% |
| PHL–CLT | Philadelphia to Charlotte | 341 | 71.3% | 11.6 min | 3.5% |
| PHL–DFW | Philadelphia to Dallas/Fort Worth | 287 | 80.8% | 1.2 min | 1.4% |
| PHL–DEN | Philadelphia to Denver | 275 | 78.5% | 3.7 min | 2.2% |
| PHL–DTW | Philadelphia to Detroit | 269 | 85.1% | 1.9 min | 0.7% |
| PHL–MIA | Philadelphia to Miami | 258 | 69.8% | 11.0 min | 0.8% |
| PHL–BNA | Philadelphia to Nashville | 240 | 78.3% | 7.2 min | 0.8% |
| PHL–LAX | Philadelphia to Los Angeles | 240 | 80.8% | 6.2 min | 1.7% |
| PHL–TPA | Philadelphia to Tampa | 212 | 78.3% | 4.0 min | 1.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PHL on time in September 2023?
77.9% of 8,331 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
September 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 September 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.