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Airport month · September 2024
Philadelphia International in September 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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 9,023 domestic departures from Philadelphia International (PHL). 83.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.1% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so PHL departures were 0.8 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 8,331 departures with 77.9% leaving on time: a change of +5.7 points, with flights up 8%.
Flights arriving at PHL that month were on time 79.4% of the time (9,027 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 81.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.2%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.1%
September 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Sep 2024 | Sep 2023 | PHL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Sep 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.6% | 77.9% | 74.1% | 84.4% |
| Arrived on time | 81.1% | 76.2% | 73.4% | 83.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 2.1% | 2.7% | 0.6% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 11.6 min | 18.1 min | 20.2 min | 10.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 301 | 278 | 276 | 19,421 |
| Scheduled departures | 9,023 | 8,331 | 100,793 | 582,622 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 4,333 | 48% | 80.8% | 1.3 min | 0.3% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 1,254 | 14% | 77.5% | 9.0 min | 0.8% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 956 | 11% | 73.2% | 7.4 min | 1.9% |
| YX Republic Airline | 613 | 7% | 87.4% | -4.3 min | 0.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 530 | 6% | 89.2% | -5.5 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 465 | 5% | 83.2% | 2.2 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 364 | 4% | 92.3% | -9.1 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 339 | 4% | 85.5% | -3.9 min | 0.3% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 109 | 1% | 79.8% | -1.1 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 60 | 1% | 65.0% | 6.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHL–ATL | Philadelphia to Atlanta | 482 | 82.2% | 2.1 min | 0.4% |
| PHL–BOS | Philadelphia to Boston | 464 | 78.9% | 0.1 min | 0.0% |
| PHL–ORD | Philadelphia to Chicago | 422 | 85.1% | -3.5 min | 0.5% |
| PHL–MCO | Philadelphia to Orlando | 408 | 78.7% | 3.9 min | 0.2% |
| PHL–CLT | Philadelphia to Charlotte | 341 | 78.0% | 10.8 min | 0.9% |
| PHL–DFW | Philadelphia to Dallas/Fort Worth | 336 | 80.7% | 4.5 min | 0.3% |
| PHL–DTW | Philadelphia to Detroit | 300 | 85.0% | -1.5 min | 0.3% |
| PHL–DEN | Philadelphia to Denver | 281 | 84.7% | -4.5 min | 0.0% |
| PHL–BNA | Philadelphia to Nashville | 260 | 81.9% | -0.3 min | 0.0% |
| PHL–RDU | Philadelphia to Raleigh/Durham | 226 | 77.4% | 6.9 min | 2.2% |
| PHL–MIA | Philadelphia to Miami | 220 | 83.6% | -5.1 min | 0.9% |
| PHL–LAX | Philadelphia to Los Angeles | 212 | 76.4% | 3.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left PHL on time in September 2024?
83.6% of 9,023 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In September 2023, 77.9% of 8,331 departures left on time and 2.1% were cancelled, against 83.6% and 0.5% in September 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.