SRQ to PHL flight delays
Sarasota/Bradenton, FL (SRQ) Philadelphia, PA (PHL) · 957 miles
466 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
80.4%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.43%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
89 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
18 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: 3.43% 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 89 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 August it ran 20.9 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.
This is a thin route — 466 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, American Airlines arrived on time most often on SRQ to PHL. PSA Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in December.
Every airline on SRQ to PHL
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 | 149 | 76.55% | 2.68% | 111 min | D |
| American Airlines | 143 | 79.29% | 2.1% | 74 min | C |
| Frontier Airlines | 87 | 81.71% | 5.75% | 104 min | — |
| Republic Airways | 87 | 87.8% | 4.6% | 39 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Other routes from Sarasota/Bradenton
Common questions
Are flights from Sarasota/Bradenton to Philadelphia usually delayed?
80.4% of flights on the SRQ to PHL 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 Sarasota/Bradenton to Philadelphia?
American Airlines, at 79.29% on time across 143 flights. The least punctual on the route was PSA Airlines at 76.55%.
How often are SRQ to PHL flights cancelled?
3.43% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 34 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Sarasota/Bradenton to Philadelphia?
August, when 90.3% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 69.4%.
When SRQ to PHL flights are late, how late are they?
About 89 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 SRQ to PHL 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 →