AA1040 DCA → CHS

American Airlines · Washington, DC to Charleston, SC · 58 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2025-10-05 · 444 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 75% on-time on Tuesdays vs. 40% on Thursdays.

AA1040 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for DCA → CHS, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
51%
Median delay
+15 min
90th percentile
+171 min
Cancellation rate
5%

How often is AA1040 on time?

Across 58 flights on DCA → CHS from 2025-07-01 to 2025-10-05, AA1040 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 51% of the time. The median arrival delay was +15 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +171 min or later. 5% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2851%
16-30 min35%
31-60 min815%
61-120 min611%
2+ hrs1018%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-072335%+76 min
2025-08425%+19 min
2025-092463%+35 min
2025-104100%-16 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon944%
Tue875%
Wed1050%
Thu1040%
Fri944%
SatNo data—
Sun956%

Based on US Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading live conditions and full charts…