AA5589 DCA → RDU

American Airlines · Washington, DC to Raleigh/Durham, NC · 118 flights observed, 2025-07-01 to 2025-11-01 · 227 mi

This flight's reliability varies a lot by day of week — 88% on-time on Fridays vs. 53% on Thursdays.

AA5589 covers more than one route in the data window — the stats below are for DCA → RDU, the one it has flown most recently. The others are linked under “Other routes”.

On-time arrival
65%
Median delay
+4 min
90th percentile
+51 min
Cancellation rate
3%

How often is AA5589 on time?

Across 118 flights on DCA → RDU from 2025-07-01 to 2025-11-01, AA5589 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule 65% of the time. The median arrival delay was +4 min, and the worst 10% of flights arrived +51 min or later. 3% of flights were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time7465%
16-30 min1816%
31-60 min1211%
61-120 min54%
2+ hrs54%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-072245%+49 min
2025-083077%+12 min
2025-093070%+10 min
2025-103161%+13 min
2025-111100%-1 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon1765%
Tue1656%
Wed1856%
Thu1753%
Fri1788%
Sat1385%
Sun1656%

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