CHS → DCA American Airlines

American Airlines · Charleston, SC to Washington, DC · 1,755 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 82 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 91% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 56% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+76 min
Cancellation rate
5%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on CHS → DCA (1,755 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -6 min; the worst 10% ran +76 min or later. 5% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,21973%
16-30 min1137%
31-60 min1358%
61-120 min1026%
2+ hrs946%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0712563%+31 min
2025-0814682%+3 min
2025-0914582%+9 min
2025-1014979%+5 min
2025-1113573%+19 min
2025-1213867%+21 min
2026-0112870%+22 min
2026-0212765%+23 min
2026-0313568%+22 min
2026-0414579%+29 min
2026-0515075%+24 min
2026-0614074%+50 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon24676%
Tue25575%
Wed24472%
Thu24467%
Fri24470%
Sat19381%
Sun23775%

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