DCA → PHL American Airlines

American Airlines · Washington, DC to Philadelphia, PA · 819 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 23 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 97% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 51% departing 3–6pm.
On-time arrival
66%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+85 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on DCA → PHL (819 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 66% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +85 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time51966%
16-30 min8210%
31-60 min8210%
61-120 min547%
2+ hrs557%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-077867%+44 min
2025-086676%+3 min
2025-098784%-3 min
2025-109371%+4 min
2025-116068%+20 min
2025-126048%+43 min
2026-015855%+30 min
2026-025260%+29 min
2026-036149%+55 min
2026-046068%+12 min
2026-056172%+19 min
2026-065654%+21 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon11068%
Tue11768%
Wed11365%
Thu11656%
Fri11366%
Sat11771%
Sun10664%

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