PHL to MEM flight delays
Philadelphia, PA (PHL) Memphis, TN (MEM) · 875 miles
759 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
80.25%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.9%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
79 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
16 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 2.9% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
The shape of the lateness matters here. Flights on this route are not late often, but when they are late they are late by about 79 minutes — long enough to lose a connection or an evening. The on-time percentage looks reassuring and understates the consequence of being on the wrong flight.
The season swings this route hard. In February it ran 22.8 points more punctual than in December — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
The 2 airlines here are separated by under 6 points — close enough to call a tie. Choose on price and departure time.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Republic Airways arrived on time most often on PHL to MEM. PSA Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in February and worst in December.
Every airline on PHL to MEM
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA Airlines | 551 | 78.84% | 2.54% | 77 min | C |
| Republic Airways | 208 | 84% | 3.85% | 87 min | C |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
MEM to PHL Memphis back to Philadelphia 82.39% on time COther routes from Philadelphia
Common questions
Are flights from Philadelphia to Memphis usually delayed?
80.25% of flights on the PHL to MEM route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airline is most on time from Philadelphia to Memphis?
Republic Airways, at 84% on time across 208 flights. The least punctual on the route was PSA Airlines at 78.84%.
How often are PHL to MEM flights cancelled?
2.9% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 29 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Philadelphia to Memphis?
February, when 90.2% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 67.4%.
When PHL to MEM flights are late, how late are they?
About 79 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on PHL to MEM during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →