AA5501 ALB → DCA

American Airlines · Albany, NY to Washington, DC · 103 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2025-11-01 · 318 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 81% on-time on Fridays vs. 35% on Thursdays.

AA5501 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for ALB → DCA, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
60%
Median delay
+7 min
90th percentile
+119 min
Cancellation rate
7%

How often is AA5501 on time?

Across 103 flights on ALB → DCA from 2025-07-01 to 2025-11-01, AA5501 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 60% of the time. The median arrival delay was +7 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +119 min or later. 7% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time5860%
16-30 min1213%
31-60 min88%
61-120 min88%
2+ hrs1010%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-071753%+112 min
2025-082446%+42 min
2025-092552%+36 min
2025-102983%+8 min
2025-111100%-30 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1669%
Tue1560%
Wed1656%
Thu1735%
Fri1681%
Sat4100%
Sun1250%

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