Carrier route record
AAPHL→BTV
American Airlines · Philadelphia to Burlington
- Flights
- 190
- Period
- September 2025 to August 2026
- Share of route
- 17%
- Carriers
- 3
Historical statistics for September 2025 to August 2026, not live status. For today’s flights, check with American Airlines.
American on PHL to BTV sits in the middle of the pack with a C. Close to three flights in four arrive on time by the DOT's definition, 4 points worse than the national rate of 77.3%. The late ones land a little over an hour behind schedule. That rests on 190 flights, with a median arrival 7 minutes early.
The US average over the same twelve months is 77.3%, so there is little to separate American on PHL to BTV from the country as a whole. The variation that matters here is internal: which carrier, and what time of day.
Key figures
On time
73.7%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 186 completed flights
Avg delay
77 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
1.58%
National rate is 1.89%
Whole route
75.0%
Every carrier on PHL to BTV, 1,144 flights
These figures cover 190 flights between September 2025 and August 2026. Beyond the headline rate, 12.4% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 8.3% nationally.
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Carrier by carrier
American against every carrier on PHL to BTV
American flew 190 of the 1,144 flights on PHL to BTV, about 17% of it. Its 73.7% on time is about level with the route as a whole at 75.0%. Ranked by on-time rate it is number two of three carriers on the route, where the range runs from Republic at 88.5% to PSA at 73.2%. One of those carriers flew fewer than 365 flights here, so treat their positions as rough.
Only one carrier clears this site's 365-flight floor here, so there is no comparison to draw. The table below is the full picture.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airwaysthin sample | 126 | 88.5% | 76 min | 0.79% | A+ |
| American Airlines (this page)thin sample | 190 | 73.7% | 77 min | 1.58% | C |
| PSA Airlines | 828 | 73.2% | 91 min | 6.40% | C− |
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Departure window
When American runs best on this route
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 35 points, against half a point between the best and worst carrier.
- 5am–8am—
- 8am–11am53 flights82.7%
- 11am–2pm34 flights72.7%
- 2pm–5pm46 flights52.2%
- 5pm–8pm16 flights—
- 8pm–5am41 flights87.2%
Scale runs 45% to 95%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
The 8pm–5am window is the strongest at 87.2% on time. The full set of windows spans 35 points.
Across the year
American on PHL to BTV through the year
- Jul–Sep 202546 flights65.2%
- Oct–Dec 202558 flights73.2%
- Apr–Jun 202629 flights—
- Jul–Sep 202657 flights74.5%
Scale runs 55% to 80%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
Monthly volumes are too low here to break the year into twelve reliable readings. What the twelve-month total says is 73.7% on time across 190 flights.
Quarter by quarter American on PHL to BTV held fairly steady: 65.2% in Jul–Sep 2025, 73.2% in Oct–Dec 2025 and 74.5% in Jul–Sep 2026. A spread of 9 points is about what a sample of this size moves on its own, so the annual figure is a fair summary.
Across the week, Sunday is the strongest day at 77.4% on time and Monday the weakest at 63.6%, a spread of 14 points.
Arrival by arrival
How late American on PHL to BTV runs when it is late
American on PHL to BTV often beats the schedule: 48 of 186 completed flights, 26%, arrived 15 minutes or more early. The 49 late arrivals split 14 under half an hour, 12 between 30 and 60 minutes, and 23 an hour or more.
- 15+ min early48 flights25.8%
- Within 15 min89 flights47.8%
- 15–29 min late14 flights7.5%
- 30–59 min late12 flights6.5%
- 1–2 hours late16 flights8.6%
- 2+ hours late7 flights3.8%
Scale runs 0% to 100%.
Share of 186 completed flights by arrival against schedule.
7 of 45 late departures made up the time and arrived on time, 16% of them. In the other direction, 11 flights left on time yet arrived 15 minutes late or more, so that delay built up after pushback: in the air, in a holding pattern or on the ground at BTV.
The worst days
Worst days for American on PHL to BTV
The latest arrival of the period was on 15 September 2025, 7 hours 8 minutes behind schedule; most of its delay minutes were filed as carrier-caused (crew, maintenance, fuelling, baggage). The five worst days are spread across September, July and October, with no single month standing out.
| Date | Arrived late by | Largest filed cause |
|---|---|---|
| 15 September 2025 | 7 hours 8 minutes | Carrier |
| 11 July 2026 | 5 hours 37 minutes | Carrier |
| 6 September 2025 | 5 hours 15 minutes | Late-arriving aircraft |
| 6 July 2026 | 3 hours 13 minutes | Extreme weather |
| 5 October 2025 | 2 hours 40 minutes | Late-arriving aircraft |
Delay causes
Why American runs late on this route
Late-arriving aircraft accounts for 49% of the 3,757 delay minutes carriers reported here, and the remaining four split what is left.
- 49%Late-arriving aircraft
- 29%Carrier
- 19%National Airspace System
- 3%Extreme weather
49% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. Across 3,757 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 18 to one. The split is drawn from 3,757 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations sit at 1.58% against a national 1.89%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.53%.
Connections and stage length
What a delay here costs
12.4% of arrivals land a full hour or more behind schedule, against 8.3% nationally. Ninety minutes is the honest minimum for a connection here, and two hours if the onward flight is on a separate ticket.
At 335 miles this is a short hop, and stage length matters more than it looks. A flight this short spends under two hours in the air, which leaves almost nothing to claw back a late pushback with. Delay here is decided on the ground, in the turn, which is why the 8pm–5am window matters as much as it does.
The return leg is a different operation and performs like one: it runs 69.1% on time across 191 flights, 5 points below this direction. Departure banks, aircraft rotations and the congestion at each end all differ, so scoring the two directions together would average away a real 5 points of difference.
One caution: this is a thin sample. 190 flights over twelve months is enough to clear this site's floor but not enough to pin the rate down tightly, and a single bad week moves it by more than a point. Treat the grade as a rough reading.
What to do with this
Booking American on PHL to BTV
Put together: treat all of this as provisional. 190 flights over twelve months is enough to clear this site's floor and not enough to be confident to better than a couple of points. The 73.7% headline is the most reliable number on the page; the hour and month splits below it are built on a few dozen flights each. 186 completed flights over 12 months sit behind that.
Related
Where to go next
- PHL to BTV, every carrier
- American on BTV to PHL, the return leg
- Republic Airways on PHL to BTV88.5%
- PSA Airlines on PHL to BTV73.2%
- American Airlines network-wide record
- Philadelphia International (PHL) delay statistics
- Why the first flight of the morning is statistically safest
- The best time of day to fly, according to 7.05 million flight records
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, September 2025 to August 2026. Last updated ; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.