DCA → DAY American Airlines

American Airlines · Washington, DC to Dayton, OH · 965 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 10 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 100% on-time departing 9am–12pm vs. 52% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
65%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+92 min
Cancellation rate
4%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on DCA → DAY (965 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 65% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +92 min or later. 4% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time59965%
16-30 min809%
31-60 min9610%
61-120 min849%
2+ hrs647%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-077054%+37 min
2025-087774%+1 min
2025-098684%+1 min
2025-109167%+11 min
2025-118064%+24 min
2025-126252%+45 min
2026-016653%+31 min
2026-027751%+34 min
2026-038464%+28 min
2026-048169%+20 min
2026-057970%+17 min
2026-067070%+21 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon13872%
Tue13666%
Wed14860%
Thu14465%
Fri14261%
Sat8776%
Sun12859%

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