Flights Birmingham → Philadelphia
BHM → PHL
Route overview
The flight route from Birmingham to Philadelphia has an on-time performance rate of 81%, with an average delay of 9 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees 113 flights connecting two major cities, and the destination airport serves approximately 28,131,972 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 Birmingham (BHM) → Philadelphia (PHL) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 144 flights monitored in recent months, 79% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 15 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.78%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 18.3/100 (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 Birmingham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Philadelphia: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Birmingham (BHM) to Philadelphia (PHL) heads north-east for about 1,241 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 58m.
Departures from Birmingham on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 83% of BHM-PHL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Birmingham the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Philadelphia it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 144 tracked BHM-PHL flights, 79% left on time with an average delay of 15 min and a 2.8% 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 BHM-PHL
On the Birmingham (BHM) -> Philadelphia (PHL) route, on-time performance is 79% with an average delay of 15 minutes, based on 144 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Birmingham-Philadelphia is 2.78% across 144 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.
