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Airport month · April 2024
Philadelphia International in April 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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 7,893 domestic departures from Philadelphia International (PHL). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.6% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so PHL departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at PHL that month were on time 80.2% of the time (7,894 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 81.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.7%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.2%
April 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2024 | Year earlier | PHL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.9% | — | 74.1% | 80.5% |
| Arrived on time | 81.6% | — | 73.4% | 80.2% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | — | 2.7% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.9 min | — | 20.2 min | 14.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 263 | — | 276 | 19,406 |
| Scheduled departures | 7,893 | — | 100,793 | 582,185 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 3,346 | 42% | 82.4% | 2.6 min | 0.6% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 1,057 | 13% | 78.6% | 8.4 min | 0.1% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 968 | 12% | 72.2% | 18.5 min | 1.9% |
| YX Republic Airline | 687 | 9% | 87.0% | -4.4 min | 0.3% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 454 | 6% | 87.9% | -4.5 min | 0.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 440 | 6% | 88.4% | -4.3 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 391 | 5% | 80.1% | 3.5 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 334 | 4% | 85.0% | 0.1 min | 0.3% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 82 | 1% | 84.1% | -4.8 min | 3.7% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 78 | 1% | 78.2% | 20.8 min | 1.3% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 56 | 1% | 66.1% | 9.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHL–ATL | Philadelphia to Atlanta | 495 | 83.2% | 2.0 min | 0.2% |
| PHL–MCO | Philadelphia to Orlando | 474 | 79.1% | 11.3 min | 1.3% |
| PHL–BOS | Philadelphia to Boston | 424 | 80.0% | 5.1 min | 0.9% |
| PHL–ORD | Philadelphia to Chicago | 363 | 88.7% | -3.2 min | 0.3% |
| PHL–CLT | Philadelphia to Charlotte | 328 | 78.0% | 12.1 min | 1.2% |
| PHL–MIA | Philadelphia to Miami | 282 | 84.4% | 0.3 min | 1.8% |
| PHL–DFW | Philadelphia to Dallas/Fort Worth | 271 | 77.9% | 11.4 min | 0.4% |
| PHL–FLL | Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale | 270 | 84.4% | -4.3 min | 1.1% |
| PHL–DEN | Philadelphia to Denver | 258 | 82.9% | 0.5 min | 0.4% |
| PHL–DTW | Philadelphia to Detroit | 242 | 83.1% | 5.0 min | 0.8% |
| PHL–TPA | Philadelphia to Tampa | 237 | 82.3% | 5.6 min | 0.4% |
| PHL–BNA | Philadelphia to Nashville | 213 | 81.7% | 2.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PHL on time in April 2024?
81.9% of 7,893 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
April 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 April 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.