AA5978 PHL → SCE

American Airlines · Philadelphia, PA to State College, PA · 85 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2025-10-31 · 153 mi

This flight has been getting less reliable recently — 2025-10's on-time rate (55%) is well below the 85% average from earlier months.

AA5978 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for PHL → SCE, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-9 min
90th percentile
+53 min
Cancellation rate
0%

How often is AA5978 on time?

Across 85 flights on PHL → SCE from 2025-07-01 to 2025-10-31, AA5978 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 77% of the time. The median arrival delay was -9 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +53 min or later. 0% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time6577%
16-30 min67%
31-60 min56%
61-120 min45%
2+ hrs45%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073083%+8 min
2025-083087%-4 min
2025-092100%-9 min
2025-102255%+42 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1377%
Tue1090%
Wed1385%
Thu1369%
Fri1369%
Sat1182%
Sun1173%

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