Philadelphia International in November 2024

86.7%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 7,598 domestic departures from Philadelphia International (PHL). 86.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.1% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so PHL departures were 1.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 7,338 departures with 85.7% leaving on time: a change of +1.0 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at PHL that month were on time 84.5% of the time (7,600 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 87.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.6%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	PHL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	86.7%	85.7%	74.1%	85.2%
Arrived on time	87.1%	84.8%	73.4%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.1%	2.7%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.3 min	10.2 min	20.2 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	253	245	276	19,180
Scheduled departures	7,598	7,338	100,793	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	3,433	45%	87.1%	-3.9 min	0.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	896	12%	82.7%	0.9 min	0.6%
OH PSA Airlines	882	12%	90.9%	-5.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	587	8%	91.8%	-6.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	480	6%	89.4%	-1.1 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	448	6%	82.6%	-0.3 min	0.4%
NK Spirit Airlines	344	5%	86.6%	-6.8 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	340	4%	82.4%	0.5 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	101	1%	92.1%	-6.9 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	58	1%	81.0%	-6.8 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	28	0%	96.4%	-3.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1	0%	100.0%	-19.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PHL–ATL	Philadelphia to Atlanta	477	87.8%	-1.2 min	0.0%
PHL–BOS	Philadelphia to Boston	463	89.4%	-4.2 min	0.0%
PHL–MCO	Philadelphia to Orlando	457	87.3%	-7.6 min	0.7%
PHL–ORD	Philadelphia to Chicago	361	84.8%	-1.1 min	0.0%
PHL–CLT	Philadelphia to Charlotte	323	88.9%	-3.8 min	0.3%
PHL–DFW	Philadelphia to Dallas/Fort Worth	293	81.9%	-2.2 min	0.7%
PHL–DTW	Philadelphia to Detroit	263	92.0%	-6.7 min	0.0%
PHL–MIA	Philadelphia to Miami	246	90.7%	-11.8 min	0.0%
PHL–BNA	Philadelphia to Nashville	239	87.0%	-3.0 min	0.0%
PHL–DEN	Philadelphia to Denver	219	78.1%	0.2 min	1.4%
PHL–TPA	Philadelphia to Tampa	210	81.4%	4.5 min	0.0%
PHL–RDU	Philadelphia to Raleigh/Durham	207	85.5%	-3.5 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.9%	36.9%	25,089
Late-arriving aircraft	45.9%	35.6%	30,419
National Aviation System	12.9%	21.9%	8,518
Extreme weather	3.2%	5.4%	2,137
Security	0.2%	0.2%	118

66,281 delay minutes on 960 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 November 2024?

86.7% of 7,598 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 85.7% of 7,338 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 86.7% and 0.1% in November 2024.

Provenance

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