DCA → ATL American Airlines

American Airlines · Washington, DC to Atlanta, GA · 1,836 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 70 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -6 min, while the worst 10% run +61 min or later.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+61 min
Cancellation rate
6%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on DCA → ATL (1,836 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -6 min; the worst 10% ran +61 min or later. 6% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,28074%
16-30 min1408%
31-60 min1247%
61-120 min1096%
2+ hrs704%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0711670%+17 min
2025-0813474%+19 min
2025-0915982%+4 min
2025-1016383%-2 min
2025-1113872%+22 min
2025-1213263%+17 min
2026-0114067%+10 min
2026-0214072%+9 min
2026-0315474%+19 min
2026-0415980%+5 min
2026-0515275%+9 min
2026-0613675%+12 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon27176%
Tue27776%
Wed28076%
Thu28271%
Fri26574%
Sat13883%
Sun21067%

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