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American Airlines PHL to IAH on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
76%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.0%
22 flights
Avg arrival delay
20 min
82 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 6
route average 81% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on PHL to IAH arrived on time 76% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 3% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 6 airlines on this route, which averaged 81% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (41%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 58.1% on time, 5.1% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 56.6% on time, 2.6% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 69.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 81.1% on time, 3.6% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 76.0% on time, 3.8% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 82.6% on time, 8.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 89.8% on time, 5.8% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 80.7% on time, 1.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 84.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 72.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 74.7% on time, 4.8% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 79.3% 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 aircraft41%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)34%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion18%
  • Extreme weather7%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on PHL to IAH

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

728 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 22 cancelled, 1 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.