AA5432 DCA → DSM

American Airlines · Washington, DC to Des Moines, IA · 238 flights observed, 2025-07-04 to 2026-06-30 · 897 mi

This flight has been cancelled 13% of the time in the ingested window — notably higher than typical.

AA5432 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for DCA → DSM, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
70%
Median delay
-8 min
90th percentile
+86 min
Cancellation rate
13%

How often is AA5432 on time?

Across 238 flights on DCA → DSM from 2025-07-04 to 2026-06-30, AA5432 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 70% of the time. The median arrival delay was -8 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +86 min or later. 13% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time14470%
16-30 min199%
31-60 min168%
61-120 min157%
2+ hrs126%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-071663%+26 min
2025-083171%+26 min
2025-09667%+11 min
2025-102785%-10 min
2025-11367%+10 min
2025-121100%+8 min
2026-021471%+1 min
2026-032458%+29 min
2026-042972%+2 min
2026-053077%+10 min
2026-062556%+39 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon2979%
Tue3275%
Wed2673%
Thu2658%
Fri2962%
Sat3876%
Sun2662%

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