PHL → BOS American Airlines

American Airlines · Philadelphia, PA to Boston, MA · 2,807 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 65 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 +75 min or later.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+75 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on PHL → BOS (2,807 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +75 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,01574%
16-30 min1696%
31-60 min1947%
61-120 min2108%
2+ hrs1355%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0721864%+29 min
2025-0822374%+12 min
2025-0921160%+19 min
2025-1023063%+28 min
2025-1120280%+7 min
2025-1220577%+15 min
2026-0121981%+3 min
2026-0221484%+2 min
2026-0326475%+14 min
2026-0423677%+7 min
2026-0524579%+4 min
2026-0625673%+16 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon40170%
Tue40076%
Wed38879%
Thu41071%
Fri41175%
Sat31579%
Sun39869%

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