Philadelphia International in October 2024

85.9%departed on time

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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 9,363 domestic departures from Philadelphia International (PHL). 85.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.5% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so PHL departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 8,449 departures with 84.7% leaving on time: a change of +1.2 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at PHL that month were on time 83.0% of the time (9,352 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 40% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 85.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.5%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from PHL in October 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	PHL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	85.9%	84.7%	74.1%	85.5%
Arrived on time	85.5%	85.6%	73.4%	85.8%
Cancelled	1.0%	0.2%	2.7%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.7 min	12.2 min	20.2 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	312	282	276	20,517
Scheduled departures	9,363	8,449	100,793	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	4,556	49%	85.0%	-1.2 min	0.9%
OH PSA Airlines	1,238	13%	86.6%	-1.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	885	9%	74.5%	11.7 min	3.8%
YX Republic Airline	810	9%	90.2%	-8.2 min	1.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	554	6%	91.7%	-6.8 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	470	5%	85.1%	-1.7 min	0.9%
UA United Airlines	375	4%	94.4%	-10.1 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	302	3%	87.4%	-8.4 min	1.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways	115	1%	83.5%	-3.4 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	58	1%	77.6%	3.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PHL–BOS	Philadelphia to Boston	508	86.4%	-0.1 min	0.0%
PHL–ATL	Philadelphia to Atlanta	491	85.7%	-1.3 min	0.0%
PHL–MCO	Philadelphia to Orlando	450	78.0%	1.3 min	7.3%
PHL–ORD	Philadelphia to Chicago	409	88.5%	-6.7 min	0.5%
PHL–CLT	Philadelphia to Charlotte	366	82.5%	0.6 min	0.0%
PHL–DFW	Philadelphia to Dallas/Fort Worth	325	88.6%	-6.1 min	0.3%
PHL–DTW	Philadelphia to Detroit	315	88.6%	7.6 min	0.0%
PHL–BNA	Philadelphia to Nashville	255	91.0%	-3.9 min	0.0%
PHL–DEN	Philadelphia to Denver	250	94.8%	-9.7 min	0.0%
PHL–RDU	Philadelphia to Raleigh/Durham	245	82.9%	0.1 min	0.4%
PHL–MIA	Philadelphia to Miami	240	81.3%	1.5 min	1.3%
PHL–LAX	Philadelphia to Los Angeles	217	83.4%	-0.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	40.4%	42.7%	35,948
Late-arriving aircraft	41.8%	37.4%	37,223
National Aviation System	15.4%	16.3%	13,736
Extreme weather	2.1%	3.4%	1,854
Security	0.2%	0.2%	184

88,945 delay minutes on 1,262 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left PHL on time in October 2024?

85.9% of 9,363 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 84.7% of 8,449 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 85.9% and 1.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.