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

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 94% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 58% departing 6–9pm.
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).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time2,09475%
16-30 min2108%
31-60 min1837%
61-120 min1646%
2+ hrs1445%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0721171%+23 min
2025-0823678%+12 min
2025-0924178%+5 min
2025-1024676%+11 min
2025-1122474%+11 min
2025-1223569%+20 min
2026-0122079%+2 min
2026-0221573%+14 min
2026-0322869%+19 min
2026-0422479%+2 min
2026-0525578%+12 min
2026-0626075%+21 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon39076%
Tue40878%
Wed40668%
Thu40077%
Fri40172%
Sat38983%
Sun40171%

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