BHM → DCA American Airlines

American Airlines · Birmingham, AL to Washington, DC · 1,044 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 24 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -9 min, while the worst 10% run +59 min or later.
On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-9 min
90th percentile
+59 min
Cancellation rate
5%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on BHM → DCA (1,044 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -9 min; the worst 10% ran +59 min or later. 5% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time76277%
16-30 min606%
31-60 min707%
61-120 min475%
2+ hrs505%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-077576%+9 min
2025-088388%+16 min
2025-098574%+4 min
2025-109184%+2 min
2025-118777%+15 min
2025-128673%+22 min
2026-017876%+8 min
2026-027869%+15 min
2026-038076%+21 min
2026-048377%+27 min
2026-058780%+2 min
2026-067672%+30 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon14481%
Tue15079%
Wed14679%
Thu14469%
Fri14675%
Sat11386%
Sun14673%

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