AA5056 DCA → DTW

American Airlines · Washington, DC to Detroit, MI · 45 flights observed, 2025-11-02 to 2025-12-17 · 405 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 80% on-time on Thursdays vs. 43% on Tuesdays.

AA5056 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for DCA → DTW, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
61%
Median delay
+3 min
90th percentile
+140 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How often is AA5056 on time?

Across 45 flights on DCA → DTW from 2025-11-02 to 2025-12-17, AA5056 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 61% of the time. The median arrival delay was +3 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +140 min or later. 2% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2761%
16-30 min614%
31-60 min25%
61-120 min37%
2+ hrs614%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-112861%+27 min
2025-121663%+43 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon757%
Tue743%
Wed771%
Thu580%
Fri667%
Sat667%
Sun650%

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