AA5056 DTW → DCA

American Airlines · Detroit, MI to Washington, DC · 72 flights observed, 2025-11-02 to 2026-02-11 · 405 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 67% on-time on Saturdays vs. 14% on Sundays.

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

On-time arrival
51%
Median delay
+14 min
90th percentile
+125 min
Cancellation rate
4%

How often is AA5056 on time?

Across 72 flights on DTW → DCA from 2025-11-02 to 2026-02-11, AA5056 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 51% of the time. The median arrival delay was +14 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +125 min or later. 4% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time3551%
16-30 min57%
31-60 min1116%
61-120 min913%
2+ hrs913%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-112839%+41 min
2025-121644%+39 min
2026-011765%+22 min
2026-02875%-5 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1155%
Tue1354%
Wed1250%
Thu1050%
Fri1060%
Sat667%
Sun714%

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