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Route Reliability

Philadelphia → ROA

PHL–ROA · 311 miles · Philadelphia International Airport to ROA Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
80%
Arrive within 15 minutes
6 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
617
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 80% of the time across 617 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

PHL–ROA flights departing between 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 98% of the time, versus 74% between 6–9 PM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

PHL–ROA flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Saturdays. On Thursdays: 73%.

Trending in the right direction.

PHL–ROA flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 78% 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
  • Mon74%(88 flights)
  • Tue84%(67 flights)
  • Wed84%(89 flights)
  • Thu73%(89 flights)
  • Fri81%(91 flights)
  • Sat86%(90 flights)
  • Sun80%(88 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM98%(43 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(152 flights)
  • 3–6 PM82%(113 flights)
  • 6–9 PM74%(294 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 56% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202556%55
July 202569%55
August 202584%57
September 202587%55
October 202583%57
November 202584%38
December 202579%33
January 202679%29
February 202676%41
March 202679%61
April 202693%60
May 202689%61

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Based on 617 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.