Flights Philadelphia → Salisbury
PHL → SBY
Route overview
The flight route from Philadelphia to Salisbury operates with an average on-time performance rate of 84%, experiencing a mean delay of 12.2 minutes per flight. Over the course of a year, approximately 115 flights are conducted using the De Havilland Canada DHC-8-300 Dash 8 aircraft, serving a destination airport that sees around 140,222 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 Philadelphia (PHL) → Salisbury (SBY) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 146 flights monitored in recent months, 85% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 12 minutes. The cancellation rate is 2.74%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 16.3/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Salisbury the average ATFM delay is 0.8 minutes (main cause: airspace/NAS (BTS)). Departing from Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Salisbury: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Philadelphia (PHL) to Salisbury (SBY) heads south for about 172 km, a flight time of roughly 38m.
Departures from Philadelphia on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 82% of PHL-SBY flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Philadelphia the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Salisbury it is 0.8 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)).
Across 146 tracked PHL-SBY flights, 85% left on time with an average delay of 12 min and a 2.7% 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-SBY
On the Philadelphia (PHL) -> Salisbury (SBY) route, on-time performance is 85% with an average delay of 12 minutes, based on 146 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Philadelphia-Salisbury is 2.74% across 146 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.
