The flight time from Philadelphia to Buffalo is 1 hour, 19 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves PHL Philadelphia, PA 7 minutes early.
21 minutes taxiing out
51 minutes in the air
6 minutes taxiing in
Arrives BUF Buffalo, NY 12 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

American
88%
Frontier
80%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Philadelphia to Buffalo is 1 hour, 19 minutes. The time spent in the air is 51 minutes.

The flight distance from Philadelphia to Buffalo is 279 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Buffalo to Philadelphia
1 hour, 17 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Frontier
1h 16m
American
1h 19m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.20.40.60.81.0

Flights Per Week

19

Distance

279 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun0123

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
18
Frontier
0

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Philadelphia from Buffalo by plane?

The distance from Philadelphia to Buffalo by plane is 279 Miles. This is the air distance on the most direct route taken by the vast majority of flights.

How long is the flight from Philadelphia to Buffalo?

The flight time from Philadelphia to Buffalo is 1 hour, 19 minutes. The time spent in the air is 51 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Frontier being the fastest taking 1 hour, 16 minutes, and American the slowest taking 1 hour, 19 minutes.

What airlines fly from Philadelphia to Buffalo?

Frontier and American are the airlines with direct flights from Philadelphia to Buffalo.

Does Southwest fly from Philadelphia to Buffalo?

Southwest does not fly from Philadelphia (PHL) to Buffalo (BUF). Keep in mind that Southwest may fly to other nearby airports, as they will often fly into smaller airpors instead of larger ones. This is because the costs are often lower to fly into smaller airports, and they pass the savings on to you.

Tables and Explanations

Data Source

Our information is computed from the latest available data from the US Department of Transportation.

Average Timeline Timeline Chart

The average timeline contains the median time a flight spends in 3 stages. The first of these three stages is taxiing out which includes the time from the flight leaving the gate to taking off. The second stage is in the air, which includes the time spent from the flight leaving the ground to touching back down at the end of it's journey. The last stage is taxiing in, which is from when the flight touches down to the flight arriving at it's gate.

The average timeline also estimates on average of when the flight will leave and arrive relative to it's stated departure time.

Leaves Philadelphia 7 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 21 minutes
In the Air 51 minutes
Taxiing In 6 minutes
Arrives Buffalo 12 minutes early

Flight Reliability Reliability Chart

The reliability of an airline measures how often the airline's flights on this route are cancelled or delayed more than 20 minutes. For example, from Philadelphia to Buffalo, Frontier is 80% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 80% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
American 88% 10% 2%
Frontier 80% 10% 10%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Philadelphia and Buffalo, this is due to different operational factors on the ground, as well as scheduling of planes. Each airline's flight time is split into three stages which are described above in the "Average Timeline" section. There are also miscellaneous operational issues which are included in the below total but are not accounted for in one of the three stages.

Airline Taxiing Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxiing In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
Frontier 19 50 7 76
American 21 51 6 79

Flights By Time of Day Flight Time By Day Chart

This one is pretty self explanatory, it represents the number of flights that leave the gate in a given hour of the day. The tricky thing here is that this is normally not a whole number since it is an average over 52 weeks. Partial numbers may indicate that a flight may be seasonal or may take off at different times due to different operational factors.

Time Count
7am 0.01
7pm 0.05
9pm 0.54
10am 0.83
8pm 0.26
2pm 0.63
6pm 0.08
1pm 0.22
8am 0.04
11am 0

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Philadelphia to Buffalo that take off in a given month of the year. This number changes because some flights are seasonal, and almost all flights have uneven demand througout the year.

Month Count
January 78
February 68
March 61
April 86
May 93
June 100
July 103
August 86
September 85
October 88
November 83
December 63

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Philadelphia to Buffalo that take off on a given day of the week. Some routes only have enough demand to sustain a few trips a week, while others have many flights a day. This number is also an average across the year, and hence may not be a whole number.

Day Count
Monday 2.71
Tuesday 2.54
Wednesday 2.77
Thursday 2.83
Friday 2.73
Saturday 2.67
Sunday 2.87

Flight per Airline (per Week) Flights By Airline Chart

How many times an airline flies this route in a week. Different factors play into how often a carrier chooses to fly a given route including it's need to connect disparate routes, and demand.

Airline Flights per Week
American 0
Frontier 0

Flight Time By Time of Day Flight Time by Time of Day Chart

The total flight time varies by each hour of the day due to factors such as airport traffic. More flights leaving an airport may cause higher taxi in or taxi out times. See the description of the average timeline above for a deeper discussion of each of these times.

Time Taxi Out
(minutes)
In the Air
(minutes)
Taxi In
(minutes)
Total
(minutes)
7am 16 48 6 71
7pm 32 49 6 88
9pm 22 51 7 81
10am 22 51 6 80
8pm 20 51 7 81
2pm 18 52 5 75
6pm 23 51 6 82
1pm 21 51 5 79
8am 20 50 7 78
11am 32 52 8 92
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.