Flights Dayton → Philadelphia
DAY → PHL
Route overview
The flight route from Dayton to Philadelphia has a high on-time performance rate of 92%, with an average delay of only 0.7 minutes across the total of 88 flights recorded. The origin airport in Dayton, which opened in 1937, connects to one of the busiest airports in terms of annual passenger traffic, serving over 28 million passengers per year in Philadelphia.
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 Dayton (DAY) → Philadelphia (PHL) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 119 flights monitored in recent months, 92% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 1 minutes. The cancellation rate is 0.84%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 12.3/100 (low), 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 Dayton the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Philadelphia: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Dayton (DAY) to Philadelphia (PHL) heads east for about 766 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 23m.
Departures from Dayton on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 100% of DAY-PHL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Dayton the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Philadelphia it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 119 tracked DAY-PHL flights, 92% left on time with an average delay of 1 min and a 0.8% 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 DAY-PHL
On the Dayton (DAY) -> Philadelphia (PHL) route, on-time performance is 92% with an average delay of 1 minutes, based on 119 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Dayton-Philadelphia is 0.84% across 119 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.
