American Airlines DTW to PHL on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Detroit to Philadelphia · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
80%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.7%
1 flights
Avg arrival delay
31 min
147 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 7
route average 79% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on DTW to PHL arrived on time 80% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.7% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 79% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (58%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)58%
- Late-arriving aircraft21%
- Extreme weather14%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion7%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DTW to PHL
- Delta Air Lines80% on time · 16 min avg delay
- PSA Airlines78% on time · 22 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines80% on time · 17 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines58% on time · 45 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines62% on time · 36 min avg delay
- Republic Airways95% on time · 4 min avg delay
Full DTW to PHL comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
139 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 1 cancelled, 1 diverted.
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.