Philadelphia International in February 2024

85.9%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 6,558 domestic departures from Philadelphia International (PHL). 85.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.5% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so PHL departures were 1.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PHL that month were on time 83.4% of the time (6,555 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 85.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.1%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from PHL in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	PHL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	85.9%	—	74.1%	84.0%
Arrived on time	85.5%	—	73.4%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	2.7%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.7 min	—	20.2 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	219	—	276	17,307
Scheduled departures	6,558	—	100,793	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	3,010	46%	84.3%	-0.2 min	0.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	810	12%	77.8%	2.5 min	0.2%
OH PSA Airlines	650	10%	88.3%	-5.1 min	0.5%
YX Republic Airline	566	9%	92.2%	-11.8 min	1.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	386	6%	92.0%	-11.8 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	370	6%	82.7%	-3.7 min	0.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	329	5%	90.0%	-8.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	275	4%	89.5%	-9.6 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	81	1%	79.0%	-1.2 min	1.2%
9E Endeavor Air	39	1%	97.4%	-15.0 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	27	0%	92.6%	-10.7 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	15	0%	93.3%	-9.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PHL–MCO	Philadelphia to Orlando	484	78.1%	5.8 min	0.0%
PHL–ATL	Philadelphia to Atlanta	393	88.5%	-10.8 min	0.0%
PHL–BOS	Philadelphia to Boston	337	82.8%	-0.8 min	0.6%
PHL–CLT	Philadelphia to Charlotte	302	88.4%	-1.7 min	0.0%
PHL–ORD	Philadelphia to Chicago	280	89.3%	-7.3 min	0.0%
PHL–MIA	Philadelphia to Miami	265	82.3%	3.1 min	0.0%
PHL–DFW	Philadelphia to Dallas/Fort Worth	243	85.6%	-9.0 min	0.0%
PHL–FLL	Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale	230	80.4%	1.8 min	0.0%
PHL–TPA	Philadelphia to Tampa	230	84.8%	-6.1 min	0.0%
PHL–PHX	Philadelphia to Phoenix	203	86.2%	-7.1 min	0.0%
PHL–DTW	Philadelphia to Detroit	197	93.4%	-12.2 min	0.0%
PHL–LAX	Philadelphia to Los Angeles	191	80.6%	2.3 min	0.0%

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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	27.6%	35.9%	17,543
Late-arriving aircraft	46.6%	36.9%	29,570
National Aviation System	23.5%	21.7%	14,947
Extreme weather	2.2%	5.3%	1,367
Security	0.1%	0.3%	62

63,489 delay minutes on 925 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left PHL on time in February 2024?

85.9% of 6,558 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.