Flights Watertown → Philadelphia
ART → PHL
Route overview
The flight route from Watertown to Philadelphia has a 72% on-time performance rate, with an average delay of 53.7 minutes when flights are not on time. Over the course of a year, this route sees 178 total flights, serving one of the busiest airports in terms of passenger traffic, which handles 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 Watertown (ART) → Philadelphia (PHL) route is operated by American Airlines. Across 231 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 54 minutes. The cancellation rate is 7.36%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 22.4/100 (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 Watertown the average ATFM delay is 3.9 minutes.
Heading to Philadelphia: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Watertown (ART) to Philadelphia (PHL) heads south for about 463 km, a flight time of roughly 60m.
Departures from Watertown on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 39% of ART-PHL flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Watertown the average ATFM delay is 3.9 min (airspace/NAS (BTS)); arriving into Philadelphia it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 231 tracked ART-PHL flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 54 min and a 7.4% 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 ART-PHL
On the Watertown (ART) -> Philadelphia (PHL) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 54 minutes, based on 231 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Watertown-Philadelphia is 7.36% across 231 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.
