Flights Austin → Philadelphia
AUS → PHL
Route overview
The flight route from Austin to Philadelphia operates with an average on-time performance of 80%, experiencing a mean delay of 56.3 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately 234 flights are conducted using Airbus A319 and Embraer 190 aircraft, serving a destination airport that handles nearly 28 million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Austin (AUS) → Philadelphia (PHL) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 311 flights monitored in recent months, 77% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 57 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.89%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 19.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Philadelphia: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Austin (AUS) to Philadelphia (PHL) heads north-east for about 2,298 km, a flight time of roughly 3h 18m.
Departures from Austin on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 61% of AUS-PHL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Austin the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Philadelphia it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 311 tracked AUS-PHL flights, 77% left on time with an average delay of 57 min and a 2.9% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines (AA) | 74% | 16 min | 3.0% |
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Frequently asked questions about AUS-PHL
On the Austin (AUS) -> Philadelphia (PHL) route, on-time performance is 77% with an average delay of 57 minutes, based on 311 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Austin-Philadelphia is 2.89% across 311 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: American Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
