Holiday travel
Holiday travel at PHL
Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA. July 2023 – July 2026. Set against PHL’s own ordinary days of the same weekday in the weeks around each holiday.
The five holidays at PHL
At PHL, Christmas to New Year’s ran furthest below ordinary days (−2.4 points) and Labor Day furthest above (+7.1 points).
Each row pools every year of that holiday’s window at PHL and sets it against PHL’s own ordinary days of the same weekdays in the weeks around it. Open a holiday for its day-by-day figures.
| Holiday | On time | Gap from usual, points | Cancelled | Worst day | Best day | All airports, gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thanksgiving3 times in the data | 77.7%usual 79.7% | −2.0worseyears: 1 better, 1 about the same, 1 worse | 0.69%usual 0.81% | Sunday after (two of three) | Thanksgiving Day (three of three) | −2.1worse |
| Christmas to New Year’s3 times in the data | 73.1%usual 75.5% | −2.4worseyears: 1 better, 1 about the same, 1 worse | 1.74%usual 1.58% | December 27 (two of three) | Moved each year | −3.2worse |
| July 44 times in the data | 71.6%usual 67.1% | +4.5betteryears: 2 better, 2 about the same | 3.07%usual 4.05% | July 1 (two of four) | July 3 (two of four) | +5.2better |
| Memorial Day3 times in the data | 75.0%usual 75.0% | 0.0about the sameyears: 2 better, 1 worse | 0.86%usual 1.74% | Memorial Day (two of three) | Saturday before (two of three) | −0.3about the same |
| Labor Day3 times in the data | 82.9%usual 75.8% | +7.1betteryears: 3 better | 0.65%usual 1.94% | Saturday before (two of three) | Sunday before (two of three) | +4.2better |
A dash means fewer than 120 flights stood behind the figure, or behind the ordinary days it would be compared with: too few to print a rate, and nothing is estimated in its place. “Usual” is what ordinary days of the same weekday had at the same place in the weeks around the holiday, weighted by the flights being compared.