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Airport month · March 2024
Philadelphia International in March 2024
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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 7,470 domestic departures from Philadelphia International (PHL). 78.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.6% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so PHL departures were level with the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at PHL that month were on time 77.0% of the time (7,470 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 80.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.5%
- Cancelled 0.7%
- Diverted 0.1%
March 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2024 | Year earlier | PHL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 78.7% | — | 74.1% | 78.5% |
| Arrived on time | 80.6% | — | 73.4% | 78.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.7% | — | 2.7% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.1 min | — | 20.2 min | 15.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 249 | — | 276 | 19,726 |
| Scheduled departures | 7,470 | — | 100,793 | 591,767 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 2,895 | 39% | 78.6% | 5.0 min | 0.5% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 1,029 | 14% | 71.1% | 12.9 min | 2.5% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 866 | 12% | 84.8% | 0.8 min | 0.1% |
| YX Republic Airline | 845 | 11% | 91.2% | -9.8 min | 0.2% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 477 | 6% | 71.1% | 9.2 min | 1.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 453 | 6% | 89.6% | -3.1 min | 0.2% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 413 | 6% | 83.1% | 2.1 min | 0.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 302 | 4% | 87.1% | -7.3 min | 0.3% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 84 | 1% | 86.9% | -2.5 min | 1.2% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 45 | 1% | 75.6% | 7.7 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 45 | 1% | 82.2% | 6.8 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 16 | 0% | 93.8% | -14.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHL–MCO | Philadelphia to Orlando | 531 | 71.0% | 16.0 min | 1.3% |
| PHL–ATL | Philadelphia to Atlanta | 465 | 84.5% | -1.3 min | 0.4% |
| PHL–BOS | Philadelphia to Boston | 387 | 81.9% | 2.7 min | 0.8% |
| PHL–CLT | Philadelphia to Charlotte | 343 | 81.9% | 5.1 min | 0.3% |
| PHL–ORD | Philadelphia to Chicago | 306 | 87.9% | -7.6 min | 0.0% |
| PHL–MIA | Philadelphia to Miami | 303 | 72.9% | 12.4 min | 2.6% |
| PHL–TPA | Philadelphia to Tampa | 287 | 74.2% | 7.6 min | 2.1% |
| PHL–DFW | Philadelphia to Dallas/Fort Worth | 281 | 83.6% | 1.4 min | 1.8% |
| PHL–FLL | Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale | 261 | 65.9% | 17.1 min | 0.8% |
| PHL–DTW | Philadelphia to Detroit | 237 | 87.3% | -3.8 min | 0.0% |
| PHL–PHX | Philadelphia to Phoenix | 219 | 91.8% | -8.3 min | 0.0% |
| PHL–DEN | Philadelphia to Denver | 199 | 82.9% | 1.4 min | 1.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PHL on time in March 2024?
78.7% of 7,470 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
March 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 March 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.