DAY → DCA American Airlines

American Airlines · Dayton, OH to Washington, DC · 968 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 12 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 87% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 44% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-9 min
90th percentile
+88 min
Cancellation rate
4%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on DAY → DCA (968 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -9 min; the worst 10% ran +88 min or later. 4% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time66873%
16-30 min596%
31-60 min627%
61-120 min687%
2+ hrs647%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-077276%+33 min
2025-087978%+22 min
2025-098580%+3 min
2025-109271%+10 min
2025-117973%+15 min
2025-126063%+48 min
2026-016866%+43 min
2026-027863%+37 min
2026-038564%+48 min
2026-048174%+6 min
2026-057777%+1 min
2026-066585%+2 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon13874%
Tue14074%
Wed14470%
Thu14374%
Fri14270%
Sat8683%
Sun12866%

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