AA5079 DTW → PHL

American Airlines · Detroit, MI to Philadelphia, PA · 113 flights observed, 2025-12-03 to 2026-04-06 · 453 mi

This flight runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 9am–12pm vs. 62% departing 3–6pm.

AA5079 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for DTW → PHL, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
69%
Median delay
-10 min
90th percentile
+82 min
Cancellation rate
6%

How often is AA5079 on time?

Across 113 flights on DTW → PHL from 2025-12-03 to 2026-04-06, AA5079 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 69% of the time. The median arrival delay was -10 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +82 min or later. 6% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time7369%
16-30 min1211%
31-60 min66%
61-120 min77%
2+ hrs88%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-122458%+54 min
2026-012969%-2 min
2026-022357%+20 min
2026-032588%+29 min
2026-04580%-6 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1567%
Tue1776%
Wed1765%
Thu1765%
Fri1656%
Sat888%
Sun1675%

Based on US Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading live conditions and full charts…