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Route Reliability

Bentonville → Philadelphia

XNA–PHL · 1,067 miles · Northwest Arkansas National Airport to Philadelphia International Airport

70
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
84%
Arrive within 15 minutes
21 min
Average arrival delay
3.8%
Cancelled
416
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 416 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

XNA–PHL flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 72% between 12–3 PM.

Wednesdays have been rough.

XNA–PHL flights arrived on time 91% of the time on Tuesdays and just 74% on Wednesdays. That gap is worth planning around.

Keep a backup plan handy.

This route was cancelled 3.8% of the time. Typical for U.S. flights is around 1–2%.

Recent months have been rougher.

XNA–PHL flights arrived on time 85% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 95% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon84%(56 flights)
  • Tue91%(57 flights)
  • Wed74%(58 flights)
  • Thu88%(57 flights)
  • Fri86%(56 flights)
  • Sat85%(58 flights)
  • Sun79%(57 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM—(1 flights)
  • 6–9 AM90%(259 flights)
  • 12–3 PM72%(139 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 52% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202552%27
July 202573%26
August 202572%29
September 202590%30
October 202594%31
November 202582%28
December 2025100%30
January 202689%26
February 202696%27
March 202690%30
April 202682%54
May 202684%61

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Based on 416 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.