PBI → DCA American Airlines

American Airlines · West Palm Beach/Palm Beach, FL to Washington, DC · 1,064 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 30 flight numbers

This route is usually on time, but has a real long-delay tail — typical (median) delay is -5 min, while the worst 10% run +70 min or later.
On-time arrival
75%
Median delay
-5 min
90th percentile
+70 min
Cancellation rate
2%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on PBI → DCA (1,064 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 75% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -5 min; the worst 10% ran +70 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time77375%
16-30 min757%
31-60 min747%
61-120 min636%
2+ hrs515%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-075465%+17 min
2025-086080%+28 min
2025-095571%+28 min
2025-106180%+5 min
2025-1110870%+30 min
2025-1211677%+6 min
2026-0111376%+7 min
2026-0211272%+14 min
2026-0312173%+14 min
2026-049676%+9 min
2026-058283%+27 min
2026-065871%+25 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon14782%
Tue15381%
Wed15278%
Thu14768%
Fri15367%
Sat13581%
Sun14966%

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