AA5171 DCA → PHL

American Airlines · Washington, DC to Philadelphia, PA · 137 flights observed, 2025-11-02 to 2026-04-06 · 120 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 84% on-time on Saturdays vs. 47% on Fridays.

AA5171 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for DCA → PHL, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
65%
Median delay
+4 min
90th percentile
+96 min
Cancellation rate
3%

How often is AA5171 on time?

Across 137 flights on DCA → PHL from 2025-11-02 to 2026-04-06, AA5171 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 65% of the time. The median arrival delay was +4 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +96 min or later. 3% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time8765%
16-30 min108%
31-60 min1713%
61-120 min108%
2+ hrs97%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-112986%+6 min
2025-121759%+52 min
2026-012475%+11 min
2026-022654%+21 min
2026-033155%+43 min
2026-04650%+31 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1861%
Tue2060%
Wed2070%
Thu1968%
Fri1947%
Sat1984%
Sun1867%

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