OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Buffalo to Philadelphia

279 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BUF–PHL arrive on time 78% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate78%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.2%of scheduled flights

based on 168 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Republic Airways
    On-time84%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel3.3%
    Flights61
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time75%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights107

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline55%
  • Weather10%
  • Air traffic (NAS)8%
  • Late aircraft26%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather100%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 2 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly BUF → PHL

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 73% to 82% on time.

  • Mornings82% on time · p90 30 min · 522 flights
  • Middays80% on time · p90 40 min · 222 flights
  • Afternoons73% on time · p90 55 min · 106 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 75% to 85% on time.

  • Wednesdays85% on time · p90 25 min · 121 flights · limited
  • Thursdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 131 flights · limited
  • Saturdays79% on time · p90 95 min · 131 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 126 flights · limited
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 70 min · 133 flights · limited
  • Sundays76% on time · p90 40 min · 135 flights · limited
  • Fridays75% on time · p90 45 min · 124 flights · limited

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.