PHL → IAH American Airlines

American Airlines · Philadelphia, PA to Houston, TX · 826 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 30 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -8 min, while the worst 10% run +63 min or later.
On-time arrival
76%
Median delay
-8 min
90th percentile
+63 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on PHL → IAH (826 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 76% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -8 min; the worst 10% ran +63 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time60576%
16-30 min537%
31-60 min547%
61-120 min486%
2+ hrs405%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-077458%+40 min
2025-087657%+30 min
2025-097373%+12 min
2025-107882%+5 min
2025-115481%-2 min
2025-125675%+10 min
2026-015584%-8 min
2026-025092%-15 min
2026-035784%+9 min
2026-045986%-2 min
2026-056972%+15 min
2026-069976%+10 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon12372%
Tue11285%
Wed10679%
Thu12370%
Fri12476%
Sat9480%
Sun11869%

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