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American Airlines PHL to RDU on-time performance

American Airlines nonstop flights from Philadelphia to Raleigh/Durham · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
72%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.9%
21 flights
Avg arrival delay
22 min
77 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 75% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on PHL to RDU arrived on time 72% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.9% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (62%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 59.9% on time, 7.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 60.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 80.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 69.2% on time, 0.8% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 67.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 72.2% on time, 2.7% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 80.5% on time, 8.9% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 78.1% on time, 5.9% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 73.1% on time, 3.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 85.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 81.0% on time, 2.3% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 70.7% on time, 1.6% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 66.2% on time, 5.5% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft62%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)24%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion10%
  • Extreme weather4%
  • Security1%

Other airlines on PHL to RDU

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

1,078 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 21 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.