Flights Philadelphia → Miami
PHL → MIA
Route overview
The flight route from Philadelphia to Miami operates with a high frequency of 860 flights annually, featuring aircraft such as the Boeing 737-800 and Airbus A321. With an on-time performance rate of 79%, these flights experience an average delay of 13.1 minutes, serving one of the busiest destination airports in terms of passenger traffic, which sees over 50 million passengers per year.
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 Philadelphia (PHL) → Miami (MIA) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 1125 flights monitored in recent months, 80% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 16 minutes. The cancellation rate is 1.87%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 29.9/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Miami the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Miami: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Philadelphia (PHL) to Miami (MIA) heads south for about 1,634 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 28m.
Departures from Philadelphia on this leg cluster in the overnight window: about 41% of PHL-MIA flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Miami it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 1,125 tracked PHL-MIA flights, 80% left on time with an average delay of 16 min and a 1.9% 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 PHL-MIA
On the Philadelphia (PHL) -> Miami (MIA) route, on-time performance is 80% with an average delay of 16 minutes, based on 1125 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Philadelphia-Miami is 1.87% across 1125 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.
