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Route Reliability

Philadelphia → Albany

PHL–ALB · 212 miles · Philadelphia International Airport to Albany International Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
1.5%
Cancelled
1,533
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 1,533 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PHL–ALB flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 77% between 6–9 PM.

Wednesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 82% on time on Wednesdays against 76% on Sundays.

Trending in the right direction.

PHL–ALB flights arrived on time 91% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 77% 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
  • Mon80%(223 flights)
  • Tue81%(194 flights)
  • Wed82%(214 flights)
  • Thu78%(224 flights)
  • Fri81%(224 flights)
  • Sat79%(201 flights)
  • Sun76%(226 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM90%(10 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(328 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(296 flights)
  • 3–6 PM78%(188 flights)
  • 6–9 PM77%(355 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM78%(329 flights)
On-time trend by month
90%
May

Jun 57% → May 90% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202557%136
July 202564%140
August 202576%145
September 202586%130
October 202585%137
November 202584%114
December 202570%116
January 202679%116
February 202683%103
March 202686%117
April 202696%120
May 202690%132

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Based on 1,533 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.