CLE → DCA American Airlines

American Airlines · Cleveland, OH to Washington, DC · 1,609 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 38 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 89% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 36% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
67%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+83 min
Cancellation rate
8%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on CLE → DCA (1,609 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 67% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +83 min or later. 8% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time99367%
16-30 min1379%
31-60 min1379%
61-120 min1228%
2+ hrs956%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0710674%+20 min
2025-0813178%+12 min
2025-0913579%+13 min
2025-1014169%+15 min
2025-1113258%+32 min
2025-1211060%+41 min
2026-0110558%+29 min
2026-0212053%+54 min
2026-0312054%+46 min
2026-0413472%+10 min
2026-0513672%+29 min
2026-0611472%+21 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon23468%
Tue23569%
Wed23870%
Thu23064%
Fri22265%
Sat12476%
Sun20160%

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