Flights Miami → Philadelphia
MIA → PHL
Route overview
The flight route from Miami to Philadelphia operates with a high frequency of 864 flights annually, using various aircraft models including the Airbus A320, Boeing 737-800, Airbus A321, and Boeing 757. With an on-time performance rate of 74%, these flights average a delay of 18.4 minutes, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic with over 28 million passengers per year at the destination airport.
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 Miami (MIA) → Philadelphia (PHL) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 1127 flights monitored in recent months, 71% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 21 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.04%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 32.9/100 (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 Miami the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Philadelphia: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Miami (MIA) to Philadelphia (PHL) heads north for about 1,634 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 28m.
Departures from Miami on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 46% of MIA-PHL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Miami the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Philadelphia it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,127 tracked MIA-PHL flights, 71% left on time with an average delay of 21 min and a 2.0% 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 MIA-PHL
On the Miami (MIA) -> Philadelphia (PHL) route, on-time performance is 71% with an average delay of 21 minutes, based on 1127 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Miami-Philadelphia is 2.04% across 1127 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.
