ATL → DCA American Airlines

American Airlines · Atlanta, GA to Washington, DC · 1,835 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 70 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -6 min, while the worst 10% run +64 min or later.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+64 min
Cancellation rate
6%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on ATL → DCA (1,835 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -6 min; the worst 10% ran +64 min or later. 6% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,28374%
16-30 min1489%
31-60 min1126%
61-120 min885%
2+ hrs945%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0711769%+34 min
2025-0813577%+13 min
2025-0915783%-3 min
2025-1016383%+1 min
2025-1113769%+23 min
2025-1213271%+33 min
2026-0114370%+21 min
2026-0214372%+12 min
2026-0315363%+100 min
2026-0416077%+18 min
2026-0515181%+12 min
2026-0613475%+11 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon27474%
Tue27479%
Wed28175%
Thu28269%
Fri26972%
Sat14180%
Sun20473%

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