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MHT vs PHL - Airport Comparison

Select two airports to compare on-time performance, delays, cancellations, and top routes using U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) data (2020–2025) across all 50 states. See our methodology for how metrics are computed.

Airport A
MHT

Manchester, NH

Manchester, New Hampshire

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Airport B
PHL

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Key Performance Metrics

BTS on-time performance data, 2020–2025 cumulative.

Metric MHT PHL
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 82.3% 81.3%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 71.3 min 84.7 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 17.7% 18.7%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.56% 1.19%
Total Flights 69,564 1,060,086
Delayed Flights 12,331 198,194
Cancelled Flights 1,087 12,586
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

✓ / ▲ indicates the more favorable value. Data: BTS On-Time Performance, 2020–2025.

Delay Cause Breakdown

MHT - Manchester, NH

Late Aircraft 43.3%
Carrier 27.4%
NAS 26.0%
Weather 3.1%
Security 0.3%

PHL - Philadelphia, PA

Late Aircraft 41.1%
Carrier 31.7%
NAS 22.4%
Weather 4.7%
Security 0.2%

Top Routes

Top routes from MHT

Route Flights On-Time
BWI → MHT
Manchester
9,060 78.3%
MHT → BWI
Baltimore
9,047 88.8%
MHT → CLT
Charlotte
5,979 85.7%
CLT → MHT
Manchester
5,976 82.9%
DCA → MHT
Manchester
5,513 77.9%
MHT → DCA
Washington
5,512 78.9%

Top routes from PHL

Route Flights On-Time
MCO → PHL
Philadelphia
32,254 74.8%
PHL → MCO
Orlando
32,240 76.4%
ATL → PHL
Philadelphia
32,104 80.2%
PHL → ATL
Atlanta
32,089 83.4%
PHL → BOS
Boston
26,321 82%
BOS → PHL
Philadelphia
26,282 83.5%

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025) On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights. PlainFlights is not affiliated with BTS or the DOT

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. This tool queries live on-time, delay, and cancellation figures for the two selected airports from the dataset. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.