American Airlines DCA to BOS on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Washington to Boston · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
66%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.8%
65 flights
Avg arrival delay
29 min
82 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 5
route average 71% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on DCA to BOS arrived on time 66% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 2.8% were cancelled, and 16% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 71% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (55%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft55%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion23%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)18%
- Extreme weather5%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DCA to BOS
- Republic Airways78% on time · 16 min avg delay
- JetBlue65% on time · 32 min avg delay
- Envoy Air75% on time · 18 min avg delay
- Delta Air Lines86% on time · 11 min avg delay
Full DCA to BOS comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
2,290 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 65 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.