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American Airlines BDL to DCA on-time performance

American Airlines nonstop flights from Hartford to Washington · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

On-time arrivals
63%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
5.4%
16 flights
Avg arrival delay
36 min
93 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 4
route average 68% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on BDL to DCA arrived on time 63% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 5.4% were cancelled, and 18% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 68% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (73%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 89.3% on time, 12.5% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 65.5% on time, 6.5% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 53.8% on time, 2.4% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 60.0% on time, 2.8% cancelledOct ’25December 2025: 50.0% on time, 7.7% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 88.6% on time, 13.7% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 67.6% on time, 2.9% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 50.0% on time, 3.2% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 40.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 66.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 66.7% on time, 25.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft73%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion15%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)11%
  • Extreme weather0%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on BDL to DCA

Full BDL to DCA comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →

296 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 16 cancelled, 0 diverted.

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.