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Route Reliability

Philadelphia → Grand Rapids

PHLGRR · 573 miles · Philadelphia International Airport to Gerald R. Ford International Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
79%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
3.1%
Cancelled
516
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines79% on time · 513 flights
  • Allegiant Air100% on time · 3 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

The 3–6 PM departure wins.

PHL–GRR flights departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 67% between 6–9 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PHL–GRR flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Thursdays and just 71% on Sundays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.1% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Trending in the right direction.

PHL–GRR flights arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(74 flights)
  • Tue77%(60 flights)
  • Wed86%(71 flights)
  • Thu89%(73 flights)
  • Fri80%(76 flights)
  • Sat73%(74 flights)
  • Sun71%(72 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM87%(78 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(170 flights)
  • 12–3 PM70%(79 flights)
  • 3–6 PM89%(28 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(18 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM71%(127 flights)
On-time trend by month
78%
May

Jun 76% → May 78% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%49
July 202569%55
August 202589%55
September 202581%57
October 202582%62
November 202581%31
December 202557%30
January 202679%28
February 202682%27
March 202684%31
April 202690%30
May 202678%45

Based on 516 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.