MSP → DCA American Airlines

American Airlines · Minneapolis, MN to Washington, DC · 879 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 38 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -6 min, while the worst 10% run +63 min or later.
On-time arrival
72%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+63 min
Cancellation rate
5%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on MSP → DCA (879 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 72% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -6 min; the worst 10% ran +63 min or later. 5% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time59672%
16-30 min719%
31-60 min688%
61-120 min466%
2+ hrs435%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-074663%+53 min
2025-085671%+32 min
2025-097478%+3 min
2025-107975%+9 min
2025-116667%+18 min
2025-126857%+43 min
2026-017374%+13 min
2026-026970%+8 min
2026-037370%+35 min
2026-047786%-9 min
2026-057488%-8 min
2026-066962%+101 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon13377%
Tue14375%
Wed13868%
Thu13564%
Fri13270%
Sat5184%
Sun9275%

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