BNA → DCA American Airlines

American Airlines · Nashville, TN to Washington, DC · 1,683 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 74 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -3 min, while the worst 10% run +67 min or later.
On-time arrival
72%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+67 min
Cancellation rate
6%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on BNA → DCA (1,683 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 72% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +67 min or later. 6% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,13672%
16-30 min1248%
31-60 min1479%
61-120 min966%
2+ hrs785%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0710967%+38 min
2025-0813285%-1 min
2025-0913974%+8 min
2025-1014984%+4 min
2025-1113667%+15 min
2025-1213161%+23 min
2026-0112369%+12 min
2026-0212168%+12 min
2026-0313456%+46 min
2026-0414179%+8 min
2026-0513975%+12 min
2026-0612774%+25 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon23673%
Tue24572%
Wed24176%
Thu24569%
Fri23966%
Sat15787%
Sun21864%

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