AA5553 CLE → DCA

American Airlines · Cleveland, OH to Washington, DC · 59 flights observed, 2025-09-03 to 2025-11-01 · 310 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 100% on-time on Saturdays vs. 43% on Tuesdays.

AA5553 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for CLE → DCA, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
76%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+64 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How often is AA5553 on time?

Across 59 flights on CLE → DCA from 2025-09-03 to 2025-11-01, AA5553 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 76% of the time. The median arrival delay was -6 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +64 min or later. 2% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time4476%
16-30 min23%
31-60 min59%
61-120 min59%
2+ hrs23%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-092778%+15 min
2025-103073%+6 min
2025-111100%-27 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon888%
Tue743%
Wed978%
Thu978%
Fri863%
Sat9100%
Sun875%

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