AA4038 DCA → ATL

American Airlines · Washington, DC to Atlanta, GA · 42 flights observed, 2025-11-02 to 2026-01-03 · 547 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 100% on-time on Mondays vs. 40% on Fridays.

AA4038 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for DCA → ATL, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+56 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How often is AA4038 on time?

Across 42 flights on DCA → ATL from 2025-11-02 to 2026-01-03, AA4038 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 73% of the time. The median arrival delay was -5 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +56 min or later. 2% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time3073%
16-30 min37%
31-60 min615%
61-120 min25%
2+ hrs00%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-112479%+3 min
2025-121669%+9 min
2026-0110%+56 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon7100%
Tue771%
Wed7100%
Thu580%
Fri540%
Sat367%
Sun743%

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