PIT → DCA American Airlines

American Airlines · Pittsburgh, PA to Washington, DC · 1,431 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 41 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 98% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 54% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
71%
Median delay
-1 min
90th percentile
+62 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on PIT → DCA (1,431 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 71% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -1 min; the worst 10% ran +62 min or later. 3% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time97471%
16-30 min14310%
31-60 min1239%
61-120 min846%
2+ hrs574%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0710683%+5 min
2025-0812978%+8 min
2025-0911890%-4 min
2025-1013875%+5 min
2025-1110956%+19 min
2025-129861%+17 min
2026-0110866%+17 min
2026-0210457%+40 min
2026-0311354%+32 min
2026-0411371%+13 min
2026-0512276%+11 min
2026-0612374%+14 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon20872%
Tue21573%
Wed21566%
Thu20663%
Fri20368%
Sat14782%
Sun18774%

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