TPA → DCA American Airlines

American Airlines · Tampa, FL to Washington, DC · 1,547 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 32 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 94% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 57% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
74%
Median delay
-6 min
90th percentile
+62 min
Cancellation rate
3%

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

Across every American Airlines flight number on TPA → DCA (1,547 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 74% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -6 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-time1,10474%
16-30 min1158%
31-60 min1248%
61-120 min896%
2+ hrs634%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-0711157%+32 min
2025-0811776%+14 min
2025-0911575%+8 min
2025-1011676%+8 min
2025-1113578%+10 min
2025-1213170%+21 min
2026-0112878%+7 min
2026-0213473%+10 min
2026-0314571%+16 min
2026-0412578%+11 min
2026-0512174%+23 min
2026-0611779%+13 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon21577%
Tue22080%
Wed22075%
Thu21674%
Fri22273%
Sat18577%
Sun21762%

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