OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Miami to Philadelphia

1,013 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on MIA–PHL arrive on time 74% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.0%of scheduled flights

based on 2,683 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.

  • American Airlines
    On-time74%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel1.9%
    Flights2,489
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel1.8%
    Flights163
  • Spirit Airlines
    On-time52%
    Median5 min
    p90110 min
    Cancel9.7%
    Flights31

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline44%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)13%
  • Late aircraft38%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline4%
  • Weather89%
  • Air traffic (NAS)8%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 53 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 MIA → 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 — 88% on time.

  • Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 3,061 flights
  • Middays73% on time · p90 60 min · 875 flights
  • Afternoons66% on time · p90 75 min · 1,597 flights
  • Evenings65% on time · p90 75 min · 1,774 flights
  • Overnights63% on time · p90 80 min · 2,246 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 67% to 76% on time.

  • Wednesdays76% on time · p90 50 min · 1,268 flights
  • Tuesdays76% on time · p90 55 min · 1,255 flights
  • Fridays74% on time · p90 60 min · 1,423 flights
  • Thursdays73% on time · p90 60 min · 1,411 flights
  • Mondays72% on time · p90 65 min · 1,391 flights
  • Saturdays72% on time · p90 55 min · 1,370 flights
  • Sundays67% on time · p90 70 min · 1,435 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.