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Flight Reliability

AA 1720 · American Airlines

Philadelphia → Orlando (PHL–MCO)

53
A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
69%
Arrive within 15 minutes
12 min
Average arrival delay
5.8%
Cancelled
1 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 155 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Friday is doing you no favors.

AA 1720 arrived on time 86% of the time on Tuesdays and just 41% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Lagging the American Airlines network.

AA 1720 arrived on time 69% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.

Keep a backup plan handy.

AA 1720 was cancelled 5.8% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon75%(20 flights)
  • Tue86%(21 flights)
  • Wed82%(22 flights)
  • Thu71%(21 flights)
  • Fri41%(22 flights)
  • Sat76%(21 flights)
  • Sun53%(19 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 PM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(145 flights)
On-time trend by month
72%
Mar

Nov 69% → Mar 72% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
November 202569%26
December 202558%31
January 202689%28
February 202665%26
March 202672%29
Departures on time
70%
Diverted
0%
Flights flown
146
Months covered
6

Same route, other flights

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Based on 155 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.