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Airport month · July 2024
Philadelphia International in July 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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 9,968 domestic departures from Philadelphia International (PHL). 63.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 63.5% reached their destination on time; 3.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so PHL departures were 4.8 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at PHL that month were on time 63.9% of the time (9,966 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 16%.
- On time 63.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 32.5%
- Cancelled 3.7%
- Diverted 0.3%
July 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jul 2024 | Year earlier | PHL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 63.7% | — | 74.1% | 68.5% |
| Arrived on time | 63.5% | — | 73.4% | 68.1% |
| Cancelled | 3.7% | — | 2.7% | 2.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 30.9 min | — | 20.2 min | 24.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 332 | — | 276 | 21,154 |
| Scheduled departures | 9,968 | — | 100,793 | 634,613 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 4,717 | 47% | 58.3% | 28.6 min | 3.4% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 1,230 | 12% | 66.9% | 22.8 min | 3.8% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 1,221 | 12% | 61.3% | 23.1 min | 3.8% |
| YX Republic Airline | 850 | 9% | 76.7% | 6.4 min | 2.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 559 | 6% | 67.6% | 23.1 min | 7.9% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 480 | 5% | 64.2% | 18.0 min | 5.6% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 401 | 4% | 71.1% | 14.8 min | 0.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 361 | 4% | 74.0% | 11.5 min | 5.3% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 87 | 1% | 88.5% | -7.4 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 62 | 1% | 62.9% | 14.7 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHL–ATL | Philadelphia to Atlanta | 520 | 62.7% | 27.7 min | 4.4% |
| PHL–BOS | Philadelphia to Boston | 496 | 67.9% | 19.8 min | 1.6% |
| PHL–ORD | Philadelphia to Chicago | 452 | 65.9% | 21.5 min | 2.0% |
| PHL–MCO | Philadelphia to Orlando | 438 | 59.1% | 23.6 min | 2.3% |
| PHL–DTW | Philadelphia to Detroit | 342 | 67.3% | 14.9 min | 7.0% |
| PHL–CLT | Philadelphia to Charlotte | 335 | 57.6% | 33.1 min | 5.1% |
| PHL–DFW | Philadelphia to Dallas/Fort Worth | 331 | 58.6% | 35.7 min | 3.3% |
| PHL–DEN | Philadelphia to Denver | 309 | 69.6% | 19.9 min | 2.3% |
| PHL–BNA | Philadelphia to Nashville | 272 | 62.5% | 25.6 min | 3.3% |
| PHL–MIA | Philadelphia to Miami | 247 | 68.8% | 8.8 min | 2.8% |
| PHL–LAX | Philadelphia to Los Angeles | 246 | 71.5% | 10.9 min | 2.4% |
| PHL–PIT | Philadelphia to Pittsburgh | 234 | 60.3% | 26.9 min | 5.1% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PHL on time in July 2024?
63.7% of 9,968 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 63.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
July 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 July 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.