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Airport month · May 2024
Philadelphia International in May 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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 8,740 domestic departures from Philadelphia International (PHL). 75.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.2% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so PHL departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at PHL that month were on time 73.2% of the time (8,742 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 73.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.5%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.4%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | PHL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.8% | — | 74.1% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 73.2% | — | 73.4% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | — | 2.7% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 19.9 min | — | 20.2 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 291 | — | 276 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 8,740 | — | 100,793 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 3,795 | 43% | 68.2% | 17.4 min | 0.9% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 1,131 | 13% | 68.2% | 15.6 min | 2.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 980 | 11% | 84.9% | -1.8 min | 0.9% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 908 | 10% | 78.0% | 7.7 min | 0.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 545 | 6% | 87.3% | -1.0 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 465 | 5% | 73.3% | 10.3 min | 1.3% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 393 | 4% | 73.5% | 13.7 min | 0.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 361 | 4% | 74.8% | 9.5 min | 0.8% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 84 | 1% | 71.4% | 10.0 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 62 | 1% | 69.4% | 7.0 min | 1.6% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 16 | 0% | 100.0% | -11.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHL–ATL | Philadelphia to Atlanta | 531 | 74.0% | 9.2 min | 0.9% |
| PHL–BOS | Philadelphia to Boston | 489 | 69.5% | 13.1 min | 0.4% |
| PHL–MCO | Philadelphia to Orlando | 446 | 71.1% | 15.1 min | 0.4% |
| PHL–ORD | Philadelphia to Chicago | 427 | 74.7% | 14.8 min | 0.9% |
| PHL–CLT | Philadelphia to Charlotte | 343 | 72.0% | 16.2 min | 1.5% |
| PHL–DEN | Philadelphia to Denver | 285 | 73.3% | 6.8 min | 0.4% |
| PHL–DFW | Philadelphia to Dallas/Fort Worth | 279 | 57.7% | 24.0 min | 3.9% |
| PHL–DTW | Philadelphia to Detroit | 271 | 85.6% | 2.4 min | 0.4% |
| PHL–MIA | Philadelphia to Miami | 257 | 79.8% | 8.7 min | 0.4% |
| PHL–FLL | Philadelphia to Fort Lauderdale | 250 | 74.0% | 10.1 min | 0.8% |
| PHL–BNA | Philadelphia to Nashville | 228 | 64.0% | 26.4 min | 1.3% |
| PHL–TPA | Philadelphia to Tampa | 223 | 74.4% | 11.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PHL on time in May 2024?
75.8% of 8,740 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.