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Airport month · November 2023

Philadelphia International in November 2023

85.7%departed on time

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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 7,338 domestic departures from Philadelphia International (PHL). 85.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.8% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so PHL departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PHL that month were on time 84.3% of the time (7,330 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 16%.

Every scheduled departure from PHL in November 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureNov 2023Year earlierPHL, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time85.7%—74.1%86.0%
Arrived on time84.8%—73.4%86.2%
Cancelled0.1%—2.7%0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)10.2 min—20.2 min9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day245—27618,793
Scheduled departures7,338—100,793563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines3,27145%85.1%0.1 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines1,00214%75.3%10.4 min0.4%
YX Republic Airline71710%93.6%-8.2 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines5017%89.8%-3.7 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines4997%90.6%-7.8 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines4466%77.1%6.6 min0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines4346%81.6%3.4 min0.2%
UA United Airlines3325%89.8%-9.0 min0.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways781%84.6%-1.9 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines571%77.2%2.1 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air10%100.0%-20.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
PHL–MCOPhiladelphia to Orlando55482.5%4.7 min0.4%
PHL–ATLPhiladelphia to Atlanta50086.0%-2.1 min0.0%
PHL–BOSPhiladelphia to Boston36885.1%0.1 min0.0%
PHL–CLTPhiladelphia to Charlotte32177.3%7.5 min0.0%
PHL–DFWPhiladelphia to Dallas/Fort Worth28682.9%3.2 min0.0%
PHL–ORDPhiladelphia to Chicago28089.6%-5.2 min0.4%
PHL–MIAPhiladelphia to Miami25786.4%-0.8 min0.0%
PHL–TPAPhiladelphia to Tampa23383.3%0.9 min0.4%
PHL–BNAPhiladelphia to Nashville23083.5%1.3 min0.0%
PHL–DENPhiladelphia to Denver22685.8%-0.4 min0.0%
PHL–PHXPhiladelphia to Phoenix20893.8%-8.0 min0.0%
PHL–FLLPhiladelphia to Fort Lauderdale19080.5%4.6 min0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2023Minutes
Air carrier36.5%42.5%24,506
Late-arriving aircraft46.8%37.3%31,452
National Aviation System16.2%16.2%10,864
Extreme weather0.4%3.7%282
Security0.1%0.3%91
67,195 delay minutes on 1,110 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left PHL on time in November 2023?

85.7% of 7,338 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.