RDU → DCA American Airlines

American Airlines · Raleigh/Durham, NC to Washington, DC · 1,988 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 71 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 94% on-time departing 3–6am vs. 37% departing 9pm–12am.
On-time arrival
64%
Median delay
+2 min
90th percentile
+79 min
Cancellation rate
5%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on RDU → DCA (1,988 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 64% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay +2 min; the worst 10% ran +79 min or later. 5% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

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

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time1,21064%
16-30 min21912%
31-60 min19810%
61-120 min1528%
2+ hrs1076%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0712763%+39 min
2025-0815964%+28 min
2025-0917067%+21 min
2025-1017750%+23 min
2025-1115665%+15 min
2025-1215465%+26 min
2026-0115568%+15 min
2026-0214861%+24 min
2026-0316768%+19 min
2026-0416468%+20 min
2026-0516066%+11 min
2026-0614966%+27 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon28565%
Tue29766%
Wed29162%
Thu29155%
Fri28458%
Sat18082%
Sun25867%

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