DCA → LAX American Airlines
American Airlines · Washington, DC to Los Angeles, CA · 730 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 11 flight numbers
On-time arrival
78%
Median delay
-7 min
90th percentile
+43 min
Cancellation rate
1%
How on-time is American Airlines from DCA to LAX?
Across every American Airlines flight number on DCA → LAX (730 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 78% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -7 min; the worst 10% ran +43 min or later. 1% were cancelled.
Delay distribution
Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).
| Arrival | Flights | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Early / on-time | 552 | 78% |
| 16-30 min | 60 | 8% |
| 31-60 min | 47 | 7% |
| 61-120 min | 25 | 4% |
| 2+ hrs | 23 | 3% |
Performance by month
| Month | Flights | On-time | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 60 | 70% | +16 min |
| 2025-08 | 61 | 82% | -1 min |
| 2025-09 | 60 | 77% | -1 min |
| 2025-10 | 62 | 76% | -1 min |
| 2025-11 | 58 | 79% | +13 min |
| 2025-12 | 60 | 82% | -3 min |
| 2026-01 | 56 | 84% | 0 min |
| 2026-02 | 55 | 80% | +5 min |
| 2026-03 | 62 | 82% | -7 min |
| 2026-04 | 57 | 79% | +1 min |
| 2026-05 | 58 | 81% | +5 min |
| 2026-06 | 58 | 66% | +29 min |
Performance by day of week
| Day | Flights | On-time |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 99 | 84% |
| Tue | 103 | 79% |
| Wed | 101 | 74% |
| Thu | 101 | 75% |
| Fri | 102 | 79% |
| Sat | 102 | 79% |
| Sun | 99 | 76% |
AA flight numbers on DCA → LAX
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