AA2985 RDU → DCA

American Airlines · Raleigh/Durham, NC to Washington, DC · 115 flights observed, 2025-08-07 to 2026-06-30 · 227 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 100% on-time on Mondays vs. 57% on Sundays.

AA2985 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for RDU → DCA, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
87%
Median delay
-14 min
90th percentile
+24 min
Cancellation rate
1%

How often is AA2985 on time?

Across 115 flights on RDU → DCA from 2025-08-07 to 2026-06-30, AA2985 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 87% of the time. The median arrival delay was -14 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +24 min or later. 1% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time9987%
16-30 min65%
31-60 min65%
61-120 min11%
2+ hrs22%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-082576%+39 min
2025-092696%-16 min
2025-102990%-5 min
2025-111100%-23 min
2026-05888%-16 min
2026-062584%-9 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon17100%
Tue17100%
Wed1776%
Thu1883%
Fri1995%
Sat1979%
Sun757%

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