DCA → ORD American Airlines
American Airlines · Washington, DC to Chicago, IL · 2,933 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 55 flight numbers
On-time arrival
75%
Median delay
-8 min
90th percentile
+66 min
Cancellation rate
4%
How on-time is American Airlines from DCA to ORD?
Across every American Airlines flight number on DCA → ORD (2,933 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 75% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -8 min; the worst 10% ran +66 min or later. 4% were cancelled.
Delay distribution
Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).
| Arrival | Flights | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Early / on-time | 2,094 | 75% |
| 16-30 min | 210 | 8% |
| 31-60 min | 183 | 7% |
| 61-120 min | 164 | 6% |
| 2+ hrs | 144 | 5% |
Performance by month
| Month | Flights | On-time | Avg delay |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 211 | 71% | +23 min |
| 2025-08 | 236 | 78% | +12 min |
| 2025-09 | 241 | 78% | +5 min |
| 2025-10 | 246 | 76% | +11 min |
| 2025-11 | 224 | 74% | +11 min |
| 2025-12 | 235 | 69% | +20 min |
| 2026-01 | 220 | 79% | +2 min |
| 2026-02 | 215 | 73% | +14 min |
| 2026-03 | 228 | 69% | +19 min |
| 2026-04 | 224 | 79% | +2 min |
| 2026-05 | 255 | 78% | +12 min |
| 2026-06 | 260 | 75% | +21 min |
Performance by day of week
| Day | Flights | On-time |
|---|---|---|
| Mon | 390 | 76% |
| Tue | 408 | 78% |
| Wed | 406 | 68% |
| Thu | 400 | 77% |
| Fri | 401 | 72% |
| Sat | 389 | 83% |
| Sun | 401 | 71% |
AA flight numbers on DCA → ORD
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