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American Airlines PHL to DEN on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
73%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.4%
13 flights
Avg arrival delay
18 min
63 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 75% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on PHL to DEN arrived on time 73% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.4% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (47%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 65.1% on time, 6.7% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 74.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 82.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 68.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 85.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 51.6% on time, 3.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 81.1% on time, 5.1% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 83.7% on time, 4.4% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 78.7% on time, 1.6% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 82.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 78.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 60.6% on time, 0.9% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 66.4% on time, 4.3% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft47%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)26%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion22%
  • Extreme weather5%
  • Security1%

Other airlines on PHL to DEN

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

904 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 13 cancelled, 2 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.