DCA → DTW American Airlines

American Airlines · Washington, DC to Detroit, MI · 1,227 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 39 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -5 min, while the worst 10% run +78 min or later.
On-time arrival
73%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+78 min
Cancellation rate
6%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on DCA → DTW (1,227 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 73% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -5 min; the worst 10% ran +78 min or later. 6% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time83773%
16-30 min807%
31-60 min888%
61-120 min767%
2+ hrs726%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-077261%+46 min
2025-088274%+8 min
2025-0910587%+1 min
2025-1010882%+9 min
2025-1110270%+22 min
2025-129660%+40 min
2026-019167%+17 min
2026-029773%+13 min
2026-0310972%+15 min
2026-0411378%+9 min
2026-0510476%+4 min
2026-067462%+19 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon17670%
Tue18181%
Wed18171%
Thu18066%
Fri17775%
Sat12179%
Sun13768%

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