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American Airlines PHL to ATL on-time performance

American Airlines nonstop flights from Philadelphia to Atlanta · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
69%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.2%
14 flights
Avg arrival delay
21 min
66 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 6
route average 79% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on PHL to ATL arrived on time 69% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.2% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 6 airlines on this route, which averaged 79% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (50%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 50.0% on time, 7.8% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 74.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 78.7% on time, 1.6% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 63.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 60.7% on time, 3.4% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 56.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 75.9% on time, 3.3% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 69.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26April 2026: 91.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 62.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 71.9% on time, 1.7% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 63.0% on time, 7.4% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft50%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)23%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion21%
  • Extreme weather6%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on PHL to ATL

Full PHL to ATL comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →

638 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 14 cancelled, 6 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.