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Route Reliability

Salt Lake City → Philadelphia

SLCPHL · 1,927 miles · Salt Lake City International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport

81
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
1 min
Average arrival delay
2.4%
Cancelled
840
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Who flies it best

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

  1. 1.American Airlines90%216 flights
  2. 2.Delta Air Lines83%624 flights

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

SLC–PHL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 97% of the time, versus 81% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Skip Thursday if you can.

SLC–PHL flights arrived on time 92% of the time on Saturdays. On Thursdays: 79%.

American Airlines runs this route best.

American Airlines arrived on time 90% of the time on this route; Delta Air Lines managed 83%.

Ticking up lately.

SLC–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
  • Mon81%(129 flights)
  • Tue89%(104 flights)
  • Wed88%(105 flights)
  • Thu79%(126 flights)
  • Fri85%(128 flights)
  • Sat92%(100 flights)
  • Sun80%(124 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM97%(104 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM83%(383 flights)
  • 3–6 PM89%(56 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM81%(273 flights)
On-time trend by month
93%
May

Jun 80% → May 93% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%81
July 202580%84
August 202589%83
September 202590%49
October 202583%48
November 202575%44
December 202584%61
January 202681%48
February 202686%62
March 202681%88
April 202689%87
May 202693%81

Based on 840 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.