United States · FAA Large hub
Philadelphia International Airport
PHL · KPHL · Philadelphia, PA · United States
Reference
- IATA / ICAO
- PHL · KPHL · FAA LID PHL
- Country
- United States
- Hub tier
- FAA Large hub
- Coordinates
- 39.8744, -75.2424
- Elevation
- 36 ft (11 m)
- Time zone
- America/New_York
- Owner / operator
- City of Philadelphia
- Opened
- 1940
- Customs / international
- Yes
Location
Map © Google. Click the marker for the airport's Google Maps page.
Traffic
Runways
4 runways — per-runway dimensions to be added in a subsequent refresh.
Carriers
| Carrier | Type | Alliance | Role | Flights/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
American Airlines
AA · AAL
|
Mainline | oneworld | Hub | — |
|
Delta Air Lines
DL · DAL
|
Mainline | SkyTeam | Operator | — |
|
United Airlines
UA · UAL
|
Mainline | Star Alliance | Operator | — |
|
Southwest Airlines
WN · SWA
|
LCC | Unaligned | Operator | — |
|
JetBlue Airways
B6 · JBU
|
LCC | Unaligned | Operator | — |
|
Spirit Airlines
NK · NKS
|
ULCC | Unaligned | Operator | — |
|
Frontier Airlines
F9 · FFT
|
ULCC | Unaligned | Operator | — |
|
Alaska Airlines
AS · ASA
|
Mainline | oneworld | Operator | — |
|
Aer Lingus
EI · EIN
|
Mainline | Unaligned | Operator | — |
|
Air Canada
AC · ACA
|
Mainline | Star Alliance | Operator | — |
|
British Airways
BA · BAW
|
Mainline | oneworld | Operator | — |
|
Lufthansa
LH · DLH
|
Mainline | Star Alliance | Operator | — |
|
Qatar Airways
QR · QTR
|
Mainline | oneworld | Operator | — |
Live conditions
METAR / TAF from NOAA Aviation Weather Center · NOTAMs from FAA NOTAM Search. Live data refreshed on each page load.
History
Opened 1940. American Airlines runs an east-coast international hub here, inherited from US Airways in the 2013 merger; the carrier's transatlantic eastern-seaboard operation pairs with Charlotte's southeast coverage.
More about this airport
- Official website: https://www.phl.org/
- Wikipedia: Philadelphia International Airport
About this profile
Reference data (codes, coordinates, elevation, runways, owner, opening date) is curated from each airport's official authority page, the FAA's airport reference system for US airports, NAV CANADA and Transport Canada for Canadian airports, and AFAC and the operating concessionaire for Mexican airports. Latest passenger figures are CY 2023 totals where confidently sourced.
Live METAR and TAF are fetched from NOAA's Aviation Weather Center on each page load. NOTAMs (US airports) are fetched from the FAA NOTAM Search. If a source is unreachable when this page loads, the corresponding section displays an "unavailable" message rather than a blank or stale value.
This data is re-verified on a recurring monthly cadence aligned to the FAA's NASR 28-day cycle.