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American Airlines RDU to PHL on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
75%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.0%
22 flights
Avg arrival delay
27 min
105 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 4
route average 74% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on RDU to PHL arrived on time 75% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 74% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (44%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 56.9% on time, 7.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 60.5% on time, 1.3% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 78.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 68.3% on time, 0.8% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 73.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 73.0% on time, 2.6% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 75.6% on time, 8.9% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 84.4% on time, 3.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 84.6% on time, 3.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 89.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 84.7% on time, 2.3% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 78.7% on time, 1.6% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 75.9% 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 aircraft44%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)39%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion12%
  • Extreme weather4%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on RDU to PHL

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

1,078 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.