BUF → DCA American Airlines

American Airlines · Buffalo, NY to Washington, DC · 1,162 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 36 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 88% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 49% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
66%
Median delay
+2 min
90th percentile
+94 min
Cancellation rate
6%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on BUF → DCA (1,162 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 66% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +2 min; the worst 10% ran +94 min or later. 6% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time72466%
16-30 min1009%
31-60 min10610%
61-120 min838%
2+ hrs838%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0710157%+40 min
2025-0811574%+35 min
2025-0911678%+9 min
2025-109672%+20 min
2025-118454%+39 min
2025-128355%+36 min
2026-018268%+36 min
2026-027856%+73 min
2026-038561%+29 min
2026-048774%+17 min
2026-059174%+7 min
2026-067862%+41 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon15459%
Tue16468%
Wed15869%
Thu15671%
Fri15663%
Sat14471%
Sun16463%

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