AA5038 TLH → DCA

American Airlines · Tallahassee, FL to Washington, DC · 125 flights observed, 2025-12-03 to 2026-04-06 · 716 mi

This flight has been getting less reliable recently — 2026-04's on-time rate (50%) is well below the 85% average from earlier months.

AA5038 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for TLH → DCA, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
83%
Median delay
-10 min
90th percentile
+37 min
Cancellation rate
6%

How often is AA5038 on time?

Across 125 flights on TLH → DCA from 2025-12-03 to 2026-04-06, AA5038 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 83% of the time. The median arrival delay was -10 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +37 min or later. 6% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time9783%
16-30 min54%
31-60 min43%
61-120 min33%
2+ hrs87%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-122893%-7 min
2026-012789%+5 min
2026-022879%+21 min
2026-032879%+4 min
2026-04650%+93 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1776%
Tue1688%
Wed1889%
Thu1782%
Fri1872%
Sat1593%
Sun1681%

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