ALB → DCA American Airlines

American Airlines · Albany, NY to Washington, DC · 1,183 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 28 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 9am–12pm vs. 59% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
69%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+82 min
Cancellation rate
5%

How on-time is American Airlines from ALB to DCA?

Across every American Airlines flight number on ALB → DCA (1,183 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 69% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +82 min or later. 5% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time76969%
16-30 min1019%
31-60 min948%
61-120 min686%
2+ hrs837%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-079970%+44 min
2025-0810763%+26 min
2025-098369%+15 min
2025-1011374%+10 min
2025-118169%+8 min
2025-128167%+51 min
2026-017464%+31 min
2026-027163%+24 min
2026-038158%+47 min
2026-0410881%+2 min
2026-0511677%+5 min
2026-0610166%+34 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon16866%
Tue17273%
Wed16970%
Thu17065%
Fri17071%
Sat11375%
Sun15364%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…