PHL → LAX American Airlines

American Airlines · Philadelphia, PA to Los Angeles, CA · 2,329 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 37 flight numbers

This route's scheduled flight time has grown by 16 min since 2025-07 — some of the on-time performance may reflect a more generous published schedule, not a faster or more reliable flight.
On-time arrival
80%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+37 min
Cancellation rate
1%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on PHL → LAX (2,329 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 80% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -6 min; the worst 10% ran +37 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,82980%
16-30 min1728%
31-60 min1476%
61-120 min783%
2+ hrs633%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0722973%+15 min
2025-0822977%+13 min
2025-0918988%-7 min
2025-1022284%+3 min
2025-1116784%-3 min
2025-1217369%+10 min
2026-0114478%+3 min
2026-0213281%-2 min
2026-0315286%-3 min
2026-0419882%+6 min
2026-0522482%+2 min
2026-0623075%+19 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon33279%
Tue33381%
Wed32382%
Thu33775%
Fri33383%
Sat30481%
Sun32778%

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