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American Airlines PHL to SEA on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
72%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.2%
14 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
51 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 3
route average 70% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on PHL to SEA arrived on time 72% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.2% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 70% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (38%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 64.4% on time, 4.8% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 69.9% on time, 1.4% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 80.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 77.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 75.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 40.0% on time, 3.2% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 81.5% on time, 12.9% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 88.0% on time, 7.4% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 60.0% on time, 3.2% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 88.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 74.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 72.6% on time, 2.3% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 57.6% on time, 3.3% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)38%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion36%
  • Late-arriving aircraft22%
  • Extreme weather4%
  • Security1%

Other airlines on PHL to SEA

649 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 14 cancelled, 4 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.