ORD → DCA American Airlines

American Airlines · Chicago, IL to Washington, DC · 2,928 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 64 flight numbers

On-time arrival
68%
Median delay
0 min
90th percentile
+84 min
Cancellation rate
4%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on ORD → DCA (2,928 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 68% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay 0 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-time1,90668%
16-30 min2378%
31-60 min2569%
61-120 min2017%
2+ hrs1927%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0720457%+61 min
2025-0823469%+25 min
2025-0923862%+32 min
2025-1024374%+16 min
2025-1122572%+12 min
2025-1223166%+24 min
2026-0123166%+23 min
2026-0221567%+19 min
2026-0323059%+34 min
2026-0422774%+13 min
2026-0525375%+15 min
2026-0626175%+16 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon39264%
Tue41173%
Wed40768%
Thu39967%
Fri40465%
Sat38675%
Sun39365%

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