DCA → BNA American Airlines

American Airlines · Washington, DC to Nashville, TN · 1,682 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 65 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -4 min, while the worst 10% run +59 min or later.
On-time arrival
75%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+59 min
Cancellation rate
4%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on DCA → BNA (1,682 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 75% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +59 min or later. 4% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,21075%
16-30 min1228%
31-60 min1157%
61-120 min976%
2+ hrs604%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0711570%+19 min
2025-0813684%-1 min
2025-0914183%+5 min
2025-1014881%+3 min
2025-1113871%+10 min
2025-1213266%+19 min
2026-0112674%+8 min
2026-0212269%+14 min
2026-0313772%+26 min
2026-0413883%+0 min
2026-0514173%+12 min
2026-0613077%+8 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon23778%
Tue25378%
Wed24979%
Thu24471%
Fri24070%
Sat16180%
Sun22073%

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