DCA → BHM American Airlines

American Airlines · Washington, DC to Birmingham, AL · 1,047 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 26 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 +81 min or later.
On-time arrival
72%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+81 min
Cancellation rate
5%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on DCA → BHM (1,047 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 72% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -6 min; the worst 10% ran +81 min or later. 5% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time71172%
16-30 min808%
31-60 min697%
61-120 min818%
2+ hrs495%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-077561%+38 min
2025-088579%+8 min
2025-098584%+1 min
2025-109278%+9 min
2025-118880%+7 min
2025-128564%+26 min
2026-017670%+9 min
2026-027865%+13 min
2026-038068%+15 min
2026-048372%+12 min
2026-058772%+12 min
2026-067666%+12 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon14369%
Tue15373%
Wed14376%
Thu14270%
Fri15173%
Sat11276%
Sun14666%

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