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Route Reliability

Philadelphia → Manchester

PHL–MHT · 289 miles · Philadelphia International Airport to Manchester–Boston Regional Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
3 min
Average arrival delay
1.7%
Cancelled
1,200
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 1,200 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PHL–MHT flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 70% between 6–9 PM.

Thursday is the weak spot.

PHL–MHT flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Wednesdays. On Thursdays: 79%.

Ticking up lately.

PHL–MHT flights arrived on time 89% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% 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
  • Mon84%(172 flights)
  • Tue83%(167 flights)
  • Wed89%(167 flights)
  • Thu79%(170 flights)
  • Fri83%(177 flights)
  • Sat83%(153 flights)
  • Sun82%(173 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM91%(104 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM86%(246 flights)
  • 12–3 PM83%(287 flights)
  • 3–6 PM85%(99 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(119 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM83%(324 flights)
On-time trend by month
87%
May

Jun 71% → May 87% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%107
July 202566%116
August 202585%120
September 202587%100
October 202587%110
November 202591%86
December 202580%90
January 202682%90
February 202688%80
March 202684%91
April 202696%90
May 202687%99

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Based on 1,200 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.