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American Airlines DCA to BDL on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
60%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
4.7%
14 flights
Avg arrival delay
31 min
75 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 4
route average 69% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on DCA to BDL arrived on time 60% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 4.7% were cancelled, and 17% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 69% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (68%).

On-time trend by month

0%50%100%July 2025: 66.7% on time, 15.6% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 58.6% on time, 3.3% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 60.0% on time, 2.4% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 60.0% on time, 2.8% cancelledOct ’25December 2025: 61.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 68.9% on time, 13.5% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 57.1% on time, 2.8% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 60.7% on time, 3.3% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 80.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 0.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 50.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 33.3% 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 aircraft68%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)20%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion11%
  • Extreme weather1%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DCA to BDL

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

296 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 14 cancelled, 1 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.