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Route Reliability

Philadelphia → San Antonio

PHLSAT · 1,496 miles · Philadelphia International Airport to San Antonio International Airport

68
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
70%
Arrive within 15 minutes
15 min
Average arrival delay
1.9%
Cancelled
210
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 70% of the time across 210 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

PHL–SAT flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 80% of the time, versus 64% between 6–9 PM.

Thursdays have been rough.

PHL–SAT flights arrived on time 90% of the time on Mondays and just 64% on Thursdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Trending in the right direction.

PHL–SAT flights arrived on time 75% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 67% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon90%(29 flights)
  • Tue69%(29 flights)
  • Wed71%(28 flights)
  • Thu64%(28 flights)
  • Fri66%(32 flights)
  • Sat68%(31 flights)
  • Sun66%(29 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM80%(59 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM(7 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(55 flights)
  • 6–9 PM64%(85 flights)
On-time trend by month
61%
May

Jun 76% → May 61% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202576%25
July 202583%29
August 202552%29
September 202566%29
October 202577%31
April 202688%24
May 202661%38

Based on 210 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.