Is there a nonstop flight from Philadelphia (PHL) to Dayton (DAY)?

Yes. American operates a nonstop PHL–DAY service year-round.

How often do flights leave PHL for DAY?

About 6× weekly — 6.3 departures a week in August 2026, compared with 6.5 a week in February 2026.

How much does a nonstop PHL to DAY flight cost?

Half of tickets sold on this route were between $200 and $400 one way, with a median of $225. Based on 228 ticket records in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025.

Nonstop route

Philadelphia to Dayton nonstop

Yes: American flies direct from Philadelphia (PHL) to Dayton (DAY) about 6 times a week, year-round.

PHLPhiladelphia

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DAYDayton

American · flights operated by PSA

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6× weekly6.3 flights a week

Year-roundflown 12 of the last 12 months

$200–$400typical one-way · median $225 · US DOT Q2 2025

477miles · about 1 hr 30 min

Route detail

Philadelphia to Dayton in numbers

Measured from US DOT filings, not estimated from distance.

Distance and flight time: 477 miles nonstop, about 1 hr 30 min gate to gate. Flight time is an estimate from the great-circle distance; the filings carry distance, not scheduled elapsed time.
Seasonality: Flew every month of the last year: busiest in September 2025 (7 flights a week), quietest in July 2026 (6 flights a week).
Sep 2025: 7 flights a week
Oct 2025: 7 flights a week
Nov 2025: 7 flights a week
Dec 2025: 6 flights a week
Jan 2026: 7 flights a week
Feb 2026: 7 flights a week
Mar 2026: 7 flights a week
Apr 2026: 7 flights a week
May 2026: 7 flights a week
Jun 2026: 6 flights a week
Jul 2026: 6 flights a week
Aug 2026: 6 flights a week
Flights a week by month, Sep 2025 to Aug 2026, from US DOT on-time filings.
Who operates the flights: American is the only carrier filing this pair, with flights operated by PSA.
Fares: Half of the 228 tickets in the US DOT fare survey for Q2 2025 sold between $200 and $400 one way, median $225. The survey runs a couple of quarters behind, so read it as the shape of the route's pricing rather than today's quote.
Jul to Sep (Q3 2024): median $225 one way, middle half $175 to $350, 190 tickets
Oct to Dec (Q4 2024): median $200 one way, middle half $175 to $350, 204 tickets
Jan to Mar (Q1 2025): median $275 one way, middle half $225 to $400, 151 tickets
Apr to Jun (Q2 2025): median $225 one way, middle half $200 to $400, 228 tickets
Oct to Dec trips were the cheapest (median $200 one way) and Jan to Mar trips cost the most (median $275), in the DOT ticket survey for Q3 2024 to Q2 2025. Bars show the middle half of one-way fares; the mark is the median.

Flying the other way? Dayton to Philadelphia nonstop.

Also nonstop from Philadelphia (PHL)

Busiest other routes out of the same airport

Atlanta (ATL) about 17 times a day
Chicago (ORD) about 16 times a day
Orlando (MCO) about 14 times a day
Boston (BOS) about 14 times a day
Denver (DEN) about 10 times a day
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) about 10 times a day
Detroit (DTW) about 9 times a day
Charlotte (CLT) about 9 times a day

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