OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Portland to Philadelphia

365 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

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

On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.8%of scheduled flights

based on 664 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
    p9045 min
    Cancel2.1%
    Flights532
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9095 min
    Cancel10.6%
    Flights132

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline27%
  • Weather4%
  • Air traffic (NAS)25%
  • Late aircraft44%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline12%
  • Weather80%
  • Air traffic (NAS)8%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 25 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 PWM → 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 — 84% on time.

  • Mornings84% on time · p90 15 min · 982 flights
  • Middays80% on time · p90 35 min · 825 flights
  • Afternoons60% on time · p90 70 min · 684 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 81% on time.

  • Tuesdays81% on time · p90 30 min · 366 flights
  • Wednesdays80% on time · p90 30 min · 342 flights
  • Saturdays78% on time · p90 50 min · 361 flights
  • Fridays75% on time · p90 55 min · 357 flights
  • Mondays74% on time · p90 45 min · 354 flights
  • Thursdays72% on time · p90 60 min · 362 flights
  • Sundays72% on time · p90 70 min · 363 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.