AA523 ORD → DCA

American Airlines · Chicago, IL to Washington, DC · 283 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2026-05-20 · 612 mi

This flight runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 85% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 43% departing 3–6pm.

AA523 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for ORD → DCA, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
80%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+35 min
Cancellation rate
4%

How often is AA523 on time?

Across 283 flights on ORD → DCA from 2025-07-01 to 2026-05-20, AA523 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 80% of the time. The median arrival delay was -5 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +35 min or later. 4% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time21980%
16-30 min238%
31-60 min135%
61-120 min104%
2+ hrs83%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-073093%-9 min
2025-083194%-8 min
2025-093083%+3 min
2025-102986%+3 min
2025-112893%-5 min
2025-121669%+11 min
2026-012986%-10 min
2026-021173%-8 min
2026-032343%+79 min
2026-042759%+21 min
2026-051984%+7 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon3871%
Tue4083%
Wed4183%
Thu3985%
Fri3974%
Sat3887%
Sun3879%

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