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Route Reliability

Birmingham → Philadelphia

BHM–PHL · 772 miles · Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport

77
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
2.8%
Cancelled
535
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 535 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

BHM–PHL flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 96% of the time, versus 77% between 12–3 PM.

Monday is the weak spot.

BHM–PHL flights arrived on time 88% of the time on Saturdays. On Mondays: 77%.

Ticking up lately.

BHM–PHL flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.

Best historical flights

Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.

Top flights by on-time rate

More flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(77 flights)
  • Tue85%(67 flights)
  • Wed83%(78 flights)
  • Thu82%(78 flights)
  • Fri82%(78 flights)
  • Sat88%(66 flights)
  • Sun86%(72 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM96%(26 flights)
  • 6–9 AM92%(173 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(1 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(304 flights)
  • 3–6 PM92%(12 flights)
On-time trend by month
95%
May

Jun 68% → May 95% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202568%41
July 202577%44
August 202580%59
September 202588%51
October 202592%61
November 202574%31
December 202583%29
January 202676%29
February 202689%26
March 202676%29
April 202685%54
May 202695%62

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Based on 535 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.