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Route Reliability

Providence → Philadelphia

PVD–PHL · 237 miles · Rhode Island T. F. Green International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport

79
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
83%
Arrive within 15 minutes
10 min
Average arrival delay
3.0%
Cancelled
1,351
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 83% of the time across 1,351 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

PVD–PHL flights departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 92% of the time, versus 74% between 3–6 PM.

Friday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 86% on time on Fridays against 80% on Mondays.

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.

PVD–PHL flights arrived on time 89% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon80%(194 flights)
  • Tue85%(176 flights)
  • Wed80%(181 flights)
  • Thu81%(193 flights)
  • Fri86%(194 flights)
  • Sat85%(180 flights)
  • Sun84%(192 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM92%(12 flights)
  • 6–9 AM85%(440 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM88%(310 flights)
  • 12–3 PM87%(107 flights)
  • 3–6 PM74%(333 flights)
  • 6–9 PM82%(108 flights)
On-time trend by month
88%
May

Jun 71% → May 88% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202571%118
July 202571%119
August 202585%129
September 202583%125
October 202577%132
November 202592%85
December 202581%86
January 202680%83
February 202688%75
March 202684%91
April 202696%138
May 202688%129

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Based on 1,351 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.