The flight time from Philadelphia to Miami is 2 hours, 47 minutes. See Data as Tables

Average Timeline

Leaves PHL Philadelphia, PA 2 minutes early.
17 minutes taxiing out
2 hours, 20 minutes in the air
8 minutes taxiing in
Arrives MIA Miami, FL 7 minutes early.

Flight Reliability By Airline ?

Spirit
87%
American
79%
Frontier
69%
Cancelled
Delayed*
Normal

Flight Summary

The flight time from Philadelphia to Miami is 2 hours, 47 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 20 minutes.

The flight distance from Philadelphia to Miami is 1013 Miles.

Reverse Journey

Miami to Philadelphia
2 hours, 42 minutes

Flight Time By Airline ?

Spirit
2h 41m
American
2h 47m
Frontier
2h 50m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flight Time by Time of Day ?

12AM06AM12PM06PM 30m1h1h 30m2h2h 30m
Taxiing Out
Air Time
Taxiing In

Flights By Time of Day ?
(Average)

12AM06AM12PM06PM0.00.51.01.52.0

Flights Per Week

59

Distance

1013 Miles

Flights By Month ?

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Flights By Day of Week ?
(Average)

MonTueWedThuFriSatSun02468

Flights By Airline ?
(Per Week)

American
45
Frontier
7
Spirit
6

Frequently Asked Questions

How far is Philadelphia from Miami by plane?

The distance from Philadelphia to Miami by plane is 1013 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 Miami?

The flight time from Philadelphia to Miami is 2 hours, 47 minutes. The time spent in the air is 2 hours, 20 minutes. These numbers are averages. In reality, it varies by airline with Spirit being the fastest taking 2 hours, 41 minutes, and Frontier the slowest taking 2 hours, 50 minutes.

What airlines fly from Philadelphia to Miami?

Frontier, American, and Spirit are the airlines with direct flights from Philadelphia to Miami.

Does Southwest fly from Philadelphia to Miami?

Southwest does not fly from Philadelphia (PHL) to Miami (MIA). 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 2 minutes early
Taxi Out Time 17 minutes
In the Air 140 minutes
Taxiing In 8 minutes
Arrives Miami 7 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 Miami, Frontier is 69% reliable, which means that Frontier flights are on time 69% of the time, and cancelled or delayed the remaining time.

Airline Normal Flights Arrival Delayed* Flight Cancelled
Spirit 87% 12% 1%
American 79% 20% 1%
Frontier 69% 29% 2%

Flight Time By Airline Flight Time By Airline Chart

Each airline takes a different amount of time to fly between Philadelphia and Miami, 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)
Spirit 13 138 7 161
American 17 139 8 167
Frontier 17 141 8 170

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
5pm 0.82
6am 0.54
1pm 0.47
7am 0.84
6pm 0.98
4pm 0.09
10pm 0.01
11am 0.79
5am 0.84
9am 0.02
3pm 1.06
12pm 0.14
2pm 0.19
8am 0.9
10am 0.33
8pm 0.26
7pm 0.12
9pm 0.04

Flights By Month Flights By Month Chart

The quantity of flights from Philadelphia to Miami 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 259
February 222
March 250
April 249
May 256
June 267
July 278
August 285
September 254
October 288
November 257
December 254

Flights By Day Of Week Flights By Day of Week Chart

The quantity of flights from Philadelphia to Miami 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 8.62
Tuesday 8.17
Wednesday 8.5
Thursday 8.56
Friday 8.96
Saturday 8.44
Sunday 8.73

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 1
Frontier 0
Spirit 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)
5pm 17 140 9 170
6am 15 141 9 166
1pm 16 141 7 166
7am 14 139 7 162
6pm 22 138 9 171
4pm 14 142 7 168
10pm 14 139 10 161
11am 18 140 7 168
5am 15 137 7 162
9am 19 133 9 161
3pm 17 141 9 170
12pm 15 144 7 166
2pm 17 142 8 168
8am 18 140 8 169
10am 18 142 6 168
8pm 16 138 6 162
7pm 17 140 8 167
9pm 17 137 8 162
* Delayed more than 20 minutes.
All data above is a median or mean as appropriate.