DCA → STL American Airlines

American Airlines · Washington, DC to St. Louis, MO · 1,011 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 32 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -3 min, while the worst 10% run +84 min or later.
On-time arrival
71%
Median delay
-3 min
90th percentile
+84 min
Cancellation rate
4%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on DCA → STL (1,011 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 71% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -3 min; the worst 10% ran +84 min or later. 4% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time68771%
16-30 min657%
31-60 min9310%
61-120 min647%
2+ hrs596%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-077162%+33 min
2025-087777%+8 min
2025-099976%+17 min
2025-1010379%+11 min
2025-119472%+9 min
2025-128061%+23 min
2026-017568%+26 min
2026-027271%+10 min
2026-037668%+23 min
2026-047572%+4 min
2026-057466%+22 min
2026-067275%+13 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon15875%
Tue17074%
Wed15969%
Thu16074%
Fri15570%
Sat6180%
Sun10556%

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