AA5978 SCE → PHL

American Airlines · State College, PA to Philadelphia, PA · 114 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 (62%) is well below the 89% average from earlier months.

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

On-time arrival
82%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+54 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How often is AA5978 on time?

Across 114 flights on SCE → PHL from 2025-07-01 to 2025-10-31, AA5978 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 82% of the time. The median arrival delay was -6 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +54 min or later. 1% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time9382%
16-30 min22%
31-60 min87%
61-120 min44%
2+ hrs65%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073080%+31 min
2025-083194%-6 min
2025-092692%+0 min
2025-102662%+35 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1782%
Tue1385%
Wed1889%
Thu1878%
Fri1889%
Sat1283%
Sun1771%

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