AA5221 MSN → DCA

American Airlines · Madison, WI to Washington, DC · 200 flights observed, 2025-07-05 to 2026-04-06 · 707 mi

This flight has been getting less reliable recently — 2026-04's on-time rate (33%) is well below the 72% average from earlier months.

AA5221 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for MSN → DCA, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
72%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+95 min
Cancellation rate
6%

How often is AA5221 on time?

Across 200 flights on MSN → DCA from 2025-07-05 to 2026-04-06, AA5221 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 72% of the time. The median arrival delay was -6 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +95 min or later. 6% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time13572%
16-30 min116%
31-60 min179%
61-120 min147%
2+ hrs105%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-071100%-33 min
2025-082580%-2 min
2025-092688%-1 min
2025-102677%+6 min
2025-112255%+29 min
2025-122879%+5 min
2026-012365%+26 min
2026-021070%+13 min
2026-032065%+39 min
2026-04633%+91 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon3063%
Tue2979%
Wed3165%
Thu2972%
Fri2673%
Sat1385%
Sun2976%

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