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PHL vs PVD - 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
PHL

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Airport B
PVD

Providence, RI

Providence, Rhode Island

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Key Performance Metrics

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

Metric PHL PVD
On-Time Rate (higher is better) 81.3% 81.2%
Avg Delay (lower is better) 84.7 min 75.2 min
Delay Rate (lower is better) 18.7% 18.8%
Cancellation Rate (lower is better) 1.19% 1.46%
Total Flights 1,060,086 160,073
Delayed Flights 198,194 30,166
Cancelled Flights 12,586 2,331
Top Delay Cause Late Aircraft Late Aircraft

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

Delay Cause Breakdown

PHL - Philadelphia, PA

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

PVD - Providence, RI

Late Aircraft 42.1%
Carrier 30.6%
NAS 23.9%
Weather 3.4%
Security 0.1%

Top Routes

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%

Top routes from PVD

Route Flights On-Time
PVD → DCA
Washington
12,378 82.1%
DCA → PVD
Providence
12,362 81.1%
PVD → BWI
Baltimore
9,886 87.5%
BWI → PVD
Providence
9,878 76.1%
MCO → PVD
Providence
8,969 76.6%
PVD → MCO
Orlando
8,951 77.7%

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.