MSN → DCA American Airlines

American Airlines · Madison, WI to Washington, DC · 888 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 19 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -9 min, while the worst 10% run +61 min or later.
On-time arrival
77%
Median delay
-9 min
90th percentile
+61 min
Cancellation rate
5%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on MSN → DCA (888 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 77% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -9 min; the worst 10% ran +61 min or later. 5% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time64077%
16-30 min405%
31-60 min678%
61-120 min435%
2+ hrs425%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-075387%-5 min
2025-086179%-1 min
2025-095693%-6 min
2025-108086%-4 min
2025-117373%+10 min
2025-125862%+28 min
2026-016277%+8 min
2026-027768%+19 min
2026-037868%+23 min
2026-048378%+9 min
2026-058078%+7 min
2026-067179%+54 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon12077%
Tue13179%
Wed13168%
Thu13079%
Fri12976%
Sat7090%
Sun12176%

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