OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Philadelphia to Providence

238 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on PHL–PVD arrive on time 73% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate73%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.3%of scheduled flights

based on 372 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • American Airlines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel1.3%
    Flights372

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline52%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)11%
  • Late aircraft36%
  • 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 5 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 PHL → PVD

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

Best time of day

Middays are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 89% on time.

  • Middays89% on time · p90 15 min · 495 flights
  • Afternoons78% on time · p90 50 min · 444 flights
  • Overnights74% on time · p90 60 min · 785 flights
  • Evenings71% on time · p90 45 min · 252 flights

Best day of week

Tuesdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 86% on time.

  • Tuesdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 299 flights
  • Wednesdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 300 flights
  • Thursdays77% on time · p90 40 min · 292 flights
  • Mondays76% on time · p90 60 min · 289 flights
  • Fridays76% on time · p90 45 min · 297 flights
  • Sundays75% on time · p90 55 min · 291 flights
  • Saturdays75% on time · p90 55 min · 269 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.