STL → PHL Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · St. Louis, MO to Philadelphia, PA · 724 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 33 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 94% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 54% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-2 min
90th percentile
+43 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from STL to PHL?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on STL → PHL (724 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -2 min; the worst 10% ran +43 min or later. 1% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time55377%
16-30 min639%
31-60 min548%
61-120 min324%
2+ hrs162%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-075679%+5 min
2025-085784%+8 min
2025-095679%+7 min
2025-106184%+4 min
2025-118283%+1 min
2025-128976%+10 min
2026-013987%-7 min
2026-022696%-11 min
2026-035459%+28 min
2026-046983%+5 min
2026-057263%+24 min
2026-065765%+24 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon11278%
Tue10675%
Wed10482%
Thu11081%
Fri11177%
Sat6182%
Sun11467%

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