AA5166 DCA → ILM

American Airlines · Washington, DC to Wilmington, NC · 69 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2025-10-05 · 320 mi

This flight's scheduled flight time has grown by 19 min since 2025-07 — some of the on-time performance may reflect a more generous published schedule, not a faster or more reliable flight.

AA5166 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for DCA → ILM, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
86%
Median delay
-18 min
90th percentile
+25 min
Cancellation rate
4%

How often is AA5166 on time?

Across 69 flights on DCA → ILM from 2025-07-01 to 2025-10-05, AA5166 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 86% of the time. The median arrival delay was -18 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +25 min or later. 4% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time5786%
16-30 min23%
31-60 min58%
61-120 min12%
2+ hrs12%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-072875%+5 min
2025-085100%-16 min
2025-092893%-25 min
2025-105100%-8 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon8100%
Tue9100%
Wed978%
Thu1080%
Fri1080%
Sat1080%
Sun1090%

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