DCA → IND American Airlines

American Airlines · Washington, DC to Indianapolis, IN · 2,027 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 40 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -7 min, while the worst 10% run +54 min or later.
On-time arrival
78%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+54 min
Cancellation rate
4%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on DCA → IND (2,027 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 78% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +54 min or later. 4% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,51078%
16-30 min1317%
31-60 min1317%
61-120 min1076%
2+ hrs663%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0715873%+18 min
2025-0816778%+9 min
2025-0917182%-2 min
2025-1017787%+0 min
2025-1116475%+7 min
2025-1214561%+18 min
2026-0115377%+5 min
2026-0214675%+7 min
2026-0316871%+14 min
2026-0416785%-1 min
2026-0516585%+5 min
2026-0616479%+4 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon28875%
Tue30583%
Wed29278%
Thu29077%
Fri29575%
Sat19488%
Sun28172%

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