AA1189 DCA → ORD

American Airlines · Washington, DC to Chicago, IL · 88 flights observed, 2025-08-06 to 2025-11-01 · 612 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 85% on-time on Saturdays vs. 46% on Thursdays.

AA1189 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for DCA → ORD, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
61%
Median delay
+5 min
90th percentile
+98 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How often is AA1189 on time?

Across 88 flights on DCA → ORD from 2025-08-06 to 2025-11-01, AA1189 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 61% of the time. The median arrival delay was +5 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +98 min or later. 1% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time5361%
16-30 min1113%
31-60 min67%
61-120 min1011%
2+ hrs78%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-082556%+38 min
2025-093067%+10 min
2025-103158%+21 min
2025-111100%-16 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1173%
Tue1250%
Wed1354%
Thu1346%
Fri1362%
Sat1385%
Sun1258%

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