DCA → JFK American Airlines

American Airlines · Washington, DC to New York, NY · 1,248 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 — 91% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 52% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
75%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+59 min
Cancellation rate
6%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on DCA → JFK (1,248 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 75% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -5 min; the worst 10% ran +59 min or later. 6% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time88375%
16-30 min857%
31-60 min988%
61-120 min615%
2+ hrs524%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-077473%+22 min
2025-089073%+8 min
2025-0911675%+16 min
2025-109383%+10 min
2025-1111368%+9 min
2025-129767%+17 min
2026-0110579%+11 min
2026-0210170%+14 min
2026-0312168%+13 min
2026-049579%+1 min
2026-059187%-7 min
2026-068381%+12 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon16276%
Tue17379%
Wed17279%
Thu16573%
Fri17269%
Sat17379%
Sun16270%

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