DCA → CLT American Airlines

American Airlines · Washington, DC to Charlotte, NC · 2,677 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 55 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -10 min, while the worst 10% run +58 min or later.
On-time arrival
79%
Median delay
-10 min
90th percentile
+58 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on DCA → CLT (2,677 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 79% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -10 min; the worst 10% ran +58 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,04479%
16-30 min1476%
31-60 min1526%
61-120 min1275%
2+ hrs1245%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0722269%+26 min
2025-0824176%+20 min
2025-0923380%+21 min
2025-1024684%+20 min
2025-1120579%+15 min
2025-1220777%+13 min
2026-0119083%+9 min
2026-0218377%+11 min
2026-0320779%+5 min
2026-0420587%-4 min
2026-0522182%-3 min
2026-0623474%+26 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon37180%
Tue36985%
Wed36678%
Thu37076%
Fri38276%
Sat36983%
Sun36774%

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