American Airlines PHL to DTW on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Philadelphia to Detroit · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.7%
1 flights
Avg arrival delay
12 min
59 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 7
route average 80% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on PHL to DTW arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 0.7% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 7 airlines on this route, which averaged 80% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (43%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft43%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion24%
- Extreme weather1%
- Security0%
Other airlines on PHL to DTW
- Delta Air Lines83% on time · 18 min avg delay
- PSA Airlines75% on time · 20 min avg delay
- Spirit Airlines89% on time · 14 min avg delay
- Frontier Airlines72% on time · 17 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines67% on time · 74 min avg delay
- Republic Airways84% on time · 14 min avg delay
Full PHL to DTW comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
139 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 1 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.