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Route Reliability

Philadelphia → AVL

PHLAVL · 504 miles · Philadelphia International Airport to AVL Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
82%
Arrive within 15 minutes
0 min
Average arrival delay
2.3%
Cancelled
519
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 82% of the time across 519 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PHL–AVL flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 98% of the time, versus 76% between 3–6 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

PHL–AVL flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Fridays and just 70% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Trending in the right direction.

PHL–AVL flights arrived on time 93% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(74 flights)
  • Tue86%(71 flights)
  • Wed83%(71 flights)
  • Thu70%(74 flights)
  • Fri89%(73 flights)
  • Sat87%(67 flights)
  • Sun80%(76 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM81%(263 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM98%(52 flights)
  • 12–3 PM95%(20 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(171 flights)
On-time trend by month
92%
May

Jun 59% → May 92% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202559%51
July 202571%58
August 202577%57
September 202587%55
October 202585%58
November 202593%30
December 202565%31
February 202688%16
March 202690%31
April 202698%54
May 202692%60

Based on 519 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.