AA5542 MSP → PHL

American Airlines · Minneapolis, MN to Philadelphia, PA · 38 flights observed, 2025-11-03 to 2025-12-17 · 981 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 100% on-time on Tuesdays vs. 57% on Mondays.

AA5542 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for MSP → PHL, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+84 min
Cancellation rate
3%

How often is AA5542 on time?

Across 38 flights on MSP → PHL from 2025-11-03 to 2025-12-17, AA5542 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 73% of the time. The median arrival delay was -4 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +84 min or later. 3% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2773%
16-30 min13%
31-60 min38%
61-120 min38%
2+ hrs38%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-112383%+58 min
2025-121457%+46 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon757%
Tue7100%
Wed683%
Thu580%
Fri667%
Sat20%
Sun475%

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