PHL → BHM American Airlines

American Airlines · Philadelphia, PA to Birmingham, AL · 546 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 12 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -9 min, while the worst 10% run +62 min or later.
On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-9 min
90th percentile
+62 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on PHL → BHM (546 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -9 min; the worst 10% ran +62 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time40977%
16-30 min326%
31-60 min357%
61-120 min255%
2+ hrs306%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-074372%+18 min
2025-085871%+22 min
2025-095287%-7 min
2025-106185%-5 min
2025-113083%+4 min
2025-123063%+45 min
2026-012886%+1 min
2026-022685%+9 min
2026-033181%+13 min
2026-045478%+19 min
2026-056273%+14 min
2026-065668%+21 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon7678%
Tue7283%
Wed8071%
Thu7973%
Fri7978%
Sat7183%
Sun7473%

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