American Airlines LAX to PHL on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Los Angeles to Philadelphia · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
80%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.5%
35 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
78 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 79% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on LAX to PHL arrived on time 80% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 1.5% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 79% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (49%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft49%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)36%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion14%
- Security0%
- Extreme weather0%
Other airlines on LAX to PHL
- Frontier Airlines56% on time · 27 min avg delay
Full LAX to PHL comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
2,332 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 35 cancelled, 5 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.