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Route Reliability

Philadelphia → Raleigh–Durham

PHLRDU · 337 miles · Philadelphia International Airport to Raleigh–Durham International Airport

74
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
11 min
Average arrival delay
2.1%
Cancelled
2,657
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.

  1. 1.Frontier Airlines82%565 flights
  2. 2.American Airlines74%2,092 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PHL–RDU flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 65% between 3–6 PM.

Sunday scaries are real for this one.

PHL–RDU flights arrived on time 81% of the time on Tuesdays. On Sundays: 71%.

Frontier Airlines runs this route best.

Frontier Airlines arrived on time 82% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 74%.

Trending in the right direction.

PHL–RDU flights arrived on time 83% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% 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
  • Mon75%(407 flights)
  • Tue81%(347 flights)
  • Wed80%(349 flights)
  • Thu75%(387 flights)
  • Fri75%(420 flights)
  • Sat75%(293 flights)
  • Sun71%(395 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM92%(25 flights)
  • 6–9 AM87%(456 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM79%(567 flights)
  • 12–3 PM76%(548 flights)
  • 3–6 PM65%(412 flights)
  • 6–9 PM68%(386 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM74%(204 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
May

Jun 70% → May 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%241
July 202570%232
August 202570%241
September 202584%230
October 202575%247
November 202576%192
December 202561%193
January 202676%180
February 202679%170
March 202679%192
April 202685%235
May 202686%245

Based on 2,657 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.