Airport month record
PHLNOV
Philadelphia International in November 2025
- Departures
- 7,499
- Month
- November 2025
- National, same month
- 79.4%
- Carriers
- 10
Historical statistics for November 2025, not live status or a forecast for this year’s November. For today’s conditions at PHL, see live FAA status.
PHL in November lands a B, 2 points worse than the national rate of 79.4%. Roughly one flight in five arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by a little over an hour on average. That is a workable record, not a spotless one. That rests on 7,499 flights, of which Republic Airways flew 534 at 86.0% on time.
Republic Airways is the most reliable of the seven carriers covered here at 86.0% on time across 534 flights.
Key figures
On time
77.8%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 7,338 completed departures
Avg delay
80 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
2.00%
Nationally in November: 2.49%
Whole year
75.7%
PHL across all twelve months
These figures cover 7,499 departures from Philadelphia International in November 2025. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.
Against the year
November next to PHL's other months
Against PHL's own year, November ran 2 points better than the twelve-month rate of 75.7%, which makes it number five of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, October ran 77.5% on time and December 65.3%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a worse stretch.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 9,013 | 65.1% | 103 min | 5.25% | C− |
| August 2025 | 9,120 | 72.2% | 79 min | 1.30% | C |
| September 2025 | 8,225 | 82.0% | 67 min | 0.53% | B+ |
| October 2025 | 9,306 | 77.5% | 72 min | 0.44% | B+ |
| November 2025 (this page) | 7,499 | 77.8% | 80 min | 2.00% | B |
| December 2025 | 7,468 | 65.3% | 80 min | 2.36% | C |
| January 2026 | 7,049 | 75.5% | 84 min | 7.86% | B− |
| February 2026 | 6,686 | 80.0% | 70 min | 6.09% | B− |
| March 2026 | 7,778 | 76.7% | 86 min | 3.15% | B− |
| April 2026 | 8,692 | 80.8% | 73 min | 0.68% | B+ |
| May 2026 | 9,251 | 80.7% | 74 min | 1.09% | B |
| June 2026 | 9,707 | 74.4% | 85 min | 2.73% | C |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave PHL in November
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 17 points, against 15 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am1,071 flights85.9%
- 8am–11am1,698 flights84.8%
- 11am–2pm1,089 flights80.5%
- 2pm–5pm1,266 flights74.6%
- 5pm–8pm1,651 flights69.9%
- 8pm–5am724 flights68.9%
Scale runs 60% to 90%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 85.9% of the time, against 68.9% for the overnight window. That is 17 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 8am–11am window is the busiest, with 1,698 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Tuesday is the strongest day at 86.9% on time and Sunday the weakest at 69.1%. 18 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at PHL in November
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Republic Airways arrives on time 86.0% of the time; PSA Airlines manages 70.9%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 1,222 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 3,185 | 78.5% | 76 min | 1.85% | B |
| PSA Airlines | 1,222 | 70.9% | 94 min | 2.05% | C |
| Frontier Airlines | 778 | 74.8% | 84 min | 2.44% | C |
| Republic Airways | 534 | 86.0% | 69 min | 2.25% | A |
| Delta Air Lines | 527 | 85.0% | 101 min | 2.09% | A |
| Southwest Airlines | 465 | 74.5% | 48 min | 2.58% | C |
| United Airlines | 381 | 81.7% | 88 min | 0.79% | B+ |
| Spirit Airlinesthin sample | 203 | 81.7% | 79 min | 2.96% | B |
| JetBlue Airwaysthin sample | 146 | 74.8% | 75 min | 2.05% | C |
| Alaska Airlinesthin sample | 58 | 79.3% | 40 min | 0.00% | B+ |
The spread between Republic and PSA is 15 points, wide enough that it should decide the booking. On a hundred trips that is 15 more arrivals inside the on-time window.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of PHL in November
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PHL to ATL · Atlanta | 465 | 80.4% | 67 min | 3.44% | B− |
| PHL to MCO · Orlando | 409 | 71.1% | 87 min | 2.69% | C |
| PHL to ORD · Chicago | 408 | 72.2% | 94 min | 4.90% | C− |
| PHL to BOS · Boston | 407 | 81.6% | 75 min | 2.70% | B |
| PHL to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 308 | 81.4% | 80 min | 0.65% | B+ |
| PHL to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 290 | 81.6% | 90 min | 2.41% | B |
| PHL to FLL · Fort Lauderdalethin sample | 260 | 76.3% | 90 min | 2.31% | B |
| PHL to MIA · Miamithin sample | 256 | 81.3% | 80 min | 1.95% | B |
| PHL to DEN · Denverthin sample | 239 | 85.7% | 64 min | 0.42% | A+ |
| PHL to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 239 | 80.5% | 95 min | 1.26% | B |
| PHL to BNA · Nashvillethin sample | 225 | 76.0% | 96 min | 1.78% | B |
| PHL to TPA · Tampathin sample | 201 | 75.4% | 77 min | 1.00% | B |
| PHL to PHX · Phoenixthin sample | 194 | 83.3% | 64 min | 0.52% | B+ |
| PHL to RDU · Raleighthin sample | 191 | 74.7% | 76 min | 0.52% | C+ |
| PHL to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample | 169 | 81.5% | 43 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| PHL to STL · St. Louisthin sample | 163 | 80.1% | 54 min | 1.23% | B |
| PHL to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample | 161 | 74.8% | 112 min | 3.73% | C− |
| PHL to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 150 | 86.5% | 71 min | 1.33% | A |
| PHL to SFO · San Franciscothin sample | 147 | 85.7% | 66 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| PHL to MDW · Chicagothin sample | 136 | 77.8% | 43 min | 5.88% | B− |
| PHL to SJU · San Juanthin sample | 126 | 71.8% | 64 min | 1.59% | C |
| PHL to AUS · Austinthin sample | 121 | 73.6% | 104 min | 0.00% | C+ |
| PHL to RSW · Fort Myersthin sample | 116 | 77.5% | 84 min | 4.31% | B− |
| PHL to JAX · Jacksonvillethin sample | 112 | 76.6% | 90 min | 0.89% | B+ |
| PHL to CHS · Charlestonthin sample | 110 | 77.3% | 136 min | 0.00% | B+ |
Delay causes
What held PHL up in November
One category carries most of the weight here. Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 47% of the 130,000 delay minutes carriers reported, and the remaining four split what is left. The split is by minutes rather than by flights, so a few very long delays count for as much as many short ones.
- 47%Late-arriving aircraft
- 26%Carrier
- 25%National Airspace System
- 2%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
47% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. That is a cascade, and cascades start small and grow through the day. Across 130,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 25 to one. It is the strongest argument for booking the first departure of the morning, when the aircraft has been sitting at the gate overnight with nothing to inherit. The split is drawn from 130,158 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations sit at 2.00% against a national 2.49%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.15%.
For anyone connecting, the number to weigh is not the on-time rate but the tail behind it. 9.6% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 7.8% nationally. A 45-minute layover does not survive that, and no amount of walking quickly changes it. Ninety minutes is the honest minimum here, and two hours if the onward flight is on a separate ticket.
What to do with this
Flying from PHL in November
For a November trip through PHL: expect 77.8% on time and 2.00% cancelled, going by November 2025. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.
Related
Where to go next
- Philadelphia International (PHL), the whole year
- PHL in July65.1%
- PHL in August72.2%
- PHL in September82.0%
- PHL in October77.5%
- PHL in December65.3%
- PHL in January75.5%
- PHL in February80.0%
- PHL in March76.7%
- PHL in April80.8%
- PHL in May80.7%
- PHL in June74.4%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.