AA5501 DCA → ALB

American Airlines · Washington, DC to Albany, NY · 114 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2025-11-01 · 318 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 83% on-time on Fridays vs. 44% on Thursdays.

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

On-time arrival
68%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+90 min
Cancellation rate
3%

How often is AA5501 on time?

Across 114 flights on DCA → ALB from 2025-07-01 to 2025-11-01, AA5501 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 68% of the time. The median arrival delay was -1 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +90 min or later. 3% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time7568%
16-30 min87%
31-60 min1211%
61-120 min65%
2+ hrs98%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-072065%+88 min
2025-082952%+39 min
2025-092972%+16 min
2025-103181%+9 min
2025-111100%-4 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1771%
Tue1675%
Wed1867%
Thu1644%
Fri1883%
Sat1369%
Sun1267%

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