CAE → DCA American Airlines

American Airlines · Columbia, SC to Washington, DC · 1,093 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 21 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 88% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 49% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-9 min
90th percentile
+67 min
Cancellation rate
6%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on CAE → DCA (1,093 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -9 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-time75373%
16-30 min677%
31-60 min969%
61-120 min626%
2+ hrs485%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-076868%+17 min
2025-088575%+12 min
2025-0910684%+4 min
2025-1011674%+2 min
2025-117770%+28 min
2025-128464%+22 min
2026-017872%+38 min
2026-027457%+27 min
2026-037878%+27 min
2026-048876%+7 min
2026-059078%+1 min
2026-068278%+27 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon15475%
Tue15574%
Wed15575%
Thu15274%
Fri15564%
Sat10281%
Sun15373%

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