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Route Reliability

Phoenix → Raleigh–Durham

PHXRDU · 1,891 miles · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Raleigh–Durham International Airport

80
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
76%
Arrive within 15 minutes
9 min
Average arrival delay
1.0%
Cancelled
790
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines78%468 flights
  2. 2.Southwest Airlines74%322 flights

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

PHX–RDU flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 83% of the time, versus 67% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

PHX–RDU flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Thursdays. On Fridays: 72%.

American Airlines has a slight edge here.

American Airlines arrived on time 78% of the time on this route; Southwest Airlines managed 74%.

Recent months have been rougher.

PHX–RDU flights arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 82% 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%(116 flights)
  • Tue80%(93 flights)
  • Wed79%(99 flights)
  • Thu83%(117 flights)
  • Fri72%(116 flights)
  • Sat72%(121 flights)
  • Sun76%(119 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 12–3 AM(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM83%(36 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(202 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(99 flights)
  • 3–6 PM75%(419 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(21 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM(3 flights)
On-time trend by month
77%
May

Jun 63% → May 77% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202563%60
July 202577%61
August 202581%53
September 202578%51
October 202570%60
November 202584%70
December 202578%69
January 202682%39
February 202685%59
March 202665%88
April 202680%84
May 202677%87

Based on 790 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.