DTW → DCA American Airlines

American Airlines · Detroit, MI to Washington, DC · 1,226 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 33 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 92% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 45% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
69%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+86 min
Cancellation rate
6%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on DTW → DCA (1,226 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 69% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +86 min or later. 6% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time79169%
16-30 min948%
31-60 min968%
61-120 min847%
2+ hrs817%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-077565%+46 min
2025-088079%+8 min
2025-0910584%+4 min
2025-1010879%+26 min
2025-1110453%+43 min
2025-129358%+41 min
2026-018666%+9 min
2026-029354%+47 min
2026-0310966%+49 min
2026-0411578%+9 min
2026-0510374%+9 min
2026-067569%+24 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon17365%
Tue17979%
Wed18263%
Thu17963%
Fri17570%
Sat12380%
Sun13565%

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