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Flight Reliability

AA 5877 · American Airlines

Philadelphia → Albany (PHL–ALB)

76
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
78%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
2.1%
Cancelled
9 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 339 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

AA 5877 arrived on time 84% of the time on Wednesdays. On Sundays: 71%.

Trending in the right direction.

AA 5877 arrived on time 90% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(49 flights)
  • Tue82%(45 flights)
  • Wed84%(45 flights)
  • Thu78%(50 flights)
  • Fri78%(49 flights)
  • Sat76%(42 flights)
  • Sun71%(51 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 PM—(2 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM78%(329 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 41% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202541%29
July 202562%29
August 202579%29
September 202581%16
October 202592%25
November 202582%27
December 202553%30
January 202687%30
February 202689%26
March 202690%29
April 202690%30
May 202690%31
Departures on time
81%
Diverted
0.3%
Flights flown
331
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 339 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.