AA4048 RDU → DCA

American Airlines · Raleigh/Durham, NC to Washington, DC · 153 flights observed, 2025-11-02 to 2026-05-20 · 227 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 100% on-time on Saturdays vs. 36% on Fridays.

AA4048 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
62%
Median delay
+7 min
90th percentile
+91 min
Cancellation rate
3%

How often is AA4048 on time?

Across 153 flights on RDU → DCA from 2025-11-02 to 2026-05-20, AA4048 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 62% of the time. The median arrival delay was +7 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +91 min or later. 3% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time9262%
16-30 min2013%
31-60 min117%
61-120 min1611%
2+ hrs107%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-112277%+8 min
2025-121479%+8 min
2026-012050%+66 min
2026-022326%+54 min
2026-032756%+21 min
2026-042681%+13 min
2026-051771%+19 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon2365%
Tue2560%
Wed2673%
Thu2357%
Fri2236%
Sat6100%
Sun2467%

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