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AA 5854 · American Airlines

Albany → Philadelphia (ALB–PHL)

87
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
0.6%
Cancelled
10 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 353 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Thursday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 86% on time on Thursdays against 80% on Sundays.

A bit ahead of the ALB–PHL route.

AA 5854 arrived on time 82% of the time, versus 78% across the ALB–PHL route.

A bit ahead of the American Airlines network.

AA 5854 arrived on time 82% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.

Ticking up lately.

AA 5854 arrived on time 90% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 84% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon84%(50 flights)
  • Tue82%(51 flights)
  • Wed82%(51 flights)
  • Thu86%(51 flights)
  • Fri80%(50 flights)
  • Sat81%(47 flights)
  • Sun80%(50 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(5 flights)
  • 6–9 AM83%(344 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(1 flights)
On-time trend by month
97%
May

Jun 70% → May 97% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%30
July 202577%31
August 202593%30
September 202546%26
October 202585%26
November 202589%28
December 202587%31
January 202687%30
February 202678%27
March 202677%31
April 202697%30
May 202697%30
Departures on time
83%
Diverted
0.3%
Flights flown
350
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 353 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.