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Route Reliability

SCE → Philadelphia

SCE–PHL · 153 miles · SCE Airport to Philadelphia International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
7 min
Average arrival delay
2.5%
Cancelled
1,205
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

American Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 84% of the time across 1,205 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

SCE–PHL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 88% of the time, versus 76% between 3–6 PM.

Thursday is the weak spot.

SCE–PHL flights arrived on time 89% of the time on Saturdays. On Thursdays: 77%.

Ticking up lately.

SCE–PHL flights arrived on time 87% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 83% 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
  • Mon86%(169 flights)
  • Tue81%(159 flights)
  • Wed84%(162 flights)
  • Thu77%(172 flights)
  • Fri86%(175 flights)
  • Sat89%(156 flights)
  • Sun81%(180 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM88%(351 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM87%(220 flights)
  • 12–3 PM81%(216 flights)
  • 3–6 PM76%(157 flights)
  • 6–9 PM80%(229 flights)
On-time trend by month
86%
May

Jun 81% → May 86% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202581%99
July 202575%112
August 202586%118
September 202590%102
October 202576%112
November 202587%85
December 202582%98
January 202684%94
February 202682%79
March 202683%93
April 202692%90
May 202686%91

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Based on 1,205 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.