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Route Reliability

LEX → Philadelphia

LEX–PHL · 520 miles · LEX Airport to Philadelphia International Airport

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A Little Dicey
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
6.4%
Cancelled
342
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 79% of the time across 342 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

LEX–PHL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 74% between 6–9 PM.

Tuesday is the weak spot.

LEX–PHL flights arrived on time 85% of the time on Sundays. On Tuesdays: 71%.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 6.4% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

LEX–PHL flights arrived on time 86% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 71% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon79%(47 flights)
  • Tue71%(41 flights)
  • Wed83%(47 flights)
  • Thu74%(46 flights)
  • Fri83%(46 flights)
  • Sat80%(45 flights)
  • Sun85%(48 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(9 flights)
  • 6–9 AM97%(76 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM—(1 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(166 flights)
  • 6–9 PM74%(68 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
May

Jun 64% → May 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202564%28
July 202557%23
August 202580%30
September 202579%29
October 202594%31
November 202579%29
December 202550%16
January 202683%23
February 202682%11
April 202691%43
May 202686%57

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Based on 342 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.