DCA → CLE American Airlines

American Airlines · Washington, DC to Cleveland, OH · 1,608 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 39 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 88% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 48% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
68%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+77 min
Cancellation rate
7%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on DCA → CLE (1,608 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 68% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +77 min or later. 7% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,01368%
16-30 min1349%
31-60 min1399%
61-120 min1238%
2+ hrs775%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0711062%+25 min
2025-0813371%+11 min
2025-0913483%+3 min
2025-1014169%+11 min
2025-1112960%+20 min
2025-1210859%+37 min
2026-0110667%+15 min
2026-0212166%+18 min
2026-0312264%+34 min
2026-0413474%+22 min
2026-0513671%+12 min
2026-0611269%+26 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon23470%
Tue23972%
Wed23972%
Thu22966%
Fri22265%
Sat12372%
Sun20060%

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