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American Airlines SEA to PHL on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
84%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.2%
14 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
86 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 3
route average 82% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on SEA to PHL arrived on time 84% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.2% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 82% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (50%).

On-time trend by month

60%80%100%July 2025: 72.4% on time, 4.8% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 71.2% on time, 1.4% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 78.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 93.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 82.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 80.0% on time, 3.2% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 92.9% on time, 9.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 96.0% on time, 7.4% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 83.3% on time, 3.2% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 90.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 88.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 87.1% on time, 2.3% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 74.1% on time, 4.4% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft50%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)29%
  • Extreme weather13%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion7%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on SEA to PHL

648 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.