CID → DCA American Airlines

American Airlines · Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, IA to Washington, DC · 364 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 10 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 65% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-8 min
90th percentile
+47 min
Cancellation rate
7%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on CID → DCA (364 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -8 min; the worst 10% ran +47 min or later. 7% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time25677%
16-30 min258%
31-60 min278%
61-120 min175%
2+ hrs82%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-072592%-8 min
2025-083080%0 min
2025-092875%+9 min
2025-103187%-6 min
2025-112467%+7 min
2025-122959%+17 min
2026-012665%+74 min
2026-022767%+13 min
2026-032568%+7 min
2026-042997%-9 min
2026-053097%-12 min
2026-062966%+8 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon4978%
Tue4888%
Wed4879%
Thu4770%
Fri4869%
Sat4781%
Sun4674%

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