IAH → PHL American Airlines

American Airlines · Houston, TX to Philadelphia, PA · 829 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 33 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -7 min, while the worst 10% run +78 min or later.
On-time arrival
78%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+78 min
Cancellation rate
3%

How on-time is American Airlines from IAH to PHL?

Across every American Airlines flight number on IAH → PHL (829 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 78% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +78 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time62478%
16-30 min547%
31-60 min334%
61-120 min354%
2+ hrs567%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-077461%+72 min
2025-087670%+97 min
2025-097288%-1 min
2025-107973%+11 min
2025-115481%+7 min
2025-125582%+17 min
2026-015589%+18 min
2026-025096%-9 min
2026-035779%+13 min
2026-045992%+3 min
2026-057176%+14 min
2026-0610066%+48 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon12370%
Tue11287%
Wed10777%
Thu12584%
Fri12281%
Sat9676%
Sun11770%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…