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American Airlines PHL to CLE on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
72%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.2%
6 flights
Avg arrival delay
24 min
81 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 4
route average 76% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on PHL to CLE arrived on time 72% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.2% were cancelled, and 15% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (52%).

On-time trend by month

0%50%100%July 2025: 73.7% on time, 26.9% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 55.6% on time, 1.8% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 78.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 62.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25January 2026: 85.7% on time, 12.5% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 0.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26April 2026: 91.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 75.9% on time, 3.3% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 78.6% on time, 3.4% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 75.0% on time, 9.1% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft52%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion9%
  • Extreme weather8%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on PHL to CLE

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

268 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 6 cancelled, 0 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.