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Route Reliability

Philadelphia → Sarasota

PHL–SRQ · 957 miles · Philadelphia International Airport to Sarasota–Bradenton International Airport

78
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
4 min
Average arrival delay
3.0%
Cancelled
471
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Airlines on this route

  • American Airlines83% on time · 384 flights
  • Frontier Airlines83% on time · 87 flights

Too little history on this route to call a winner. We rank airlines only after 100 flights each.

What the data says

The 3–6 PM departure wins.

PHL–SRQ flights departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 89% of the time, versus 80% between 3–6 AM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

PHL–SRQ flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Tuesdays and just 75% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.0% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Ticking up lately.

PHL–SRQ flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 80% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon85%(65 flights)
  • Tue91%(53 flights)
  • Wed88%(48 flights)
  • Thu85%(68 flights)
  • Fri75%(68 flights)
  • Sat85%(79 flights)
  • Sun77%(75 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM80%(15 flights)
  • 6–9 AM85%(163 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM82%(237 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(3 flights)
  • 3–6 PM89%(36 flights)
  • 6–9 PM—(2 flights)
On-time trend by month
89%
May

Jun 84% → May 89% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202584%37
July 202574%39
August 202594%32
October 202588%33
November 202579%42
December 202574%50
January 202680%44
February 202687%45
March 202682%51
April 202689%44
May 202689%37

Same trip, other airports

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Based on 471 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.