OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Cleveland to Philadelphia

363 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on CLE–PHL arrive on time 69% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate69%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay75 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled6.7%of scheduled flights

based on 842 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • Republic Airways
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel1.8%
    Flights55
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time70%
    Medianon time
    p9080 min
    Cancel8.5%
    Flights574
  • American Airlines
    On-time65%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel2.8%
    Flights213

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline32%
  • Weather1%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Late aircraft51%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline9%
  • Weather80%
  • Air traffic (NAS)11%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 56 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 CLE → PHL

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

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 85% on time.

  • Mornings85% on time · p90 20 min · 1,177 flights
  • Middays82% on time · p90 30 min · 769 flights
  • Evenings60% on time · p90 90 min · 639 flights
  • Afternoons53% on time · p90 110 min · 742 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 66% to 79% on time.

  • Wednesdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 466 flights
  • Saturdays77% on time · p90 50 min · 388 flights
  • Tuesdays76% on time · p90 40 min · 451 flights
  • Thursdays71% on time · p90 60 min · 504 flights
  • Sundays71% on time · p90 60 min · 514 flights
  • Mondays68% on time · p90 60 min · 516 flights
  • Fridays66% on time · p90 80 min · 528 flights

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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.