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Route Reliability

Philadelphia → LEX

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

72
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
2.6%
Cancelled
341
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 76% of the time across 341 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

PHL–LEX flights departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 67% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 78% on time on Sundays against 71% on Tuesdays.

Trending in the right direction.

PHL–LEX flights arrived on time 77% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 66% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon73%(48 flights)
  • Tue71%(42 flights)
  • Wed77%(51 flights)
  • Thu77%(44 flights)
  • Fri77%(48 flights)
  • Sat77%(48 flights)
  • Sun78%(50 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 PM83%(109 flights)
  • 3–6 PM67%(139 flights)
  • 6–9 PM80%(15 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM82%(68 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 63% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%32
July 202562%29
August 202587%30
September 202597%30
October 202580%30
November 202576%29
December 202547%17
January 202674%23
February 202673%11
April 202681%43
May 202677%57

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Based on 341 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.