American Airlines DCA to CLT on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Washington to Charlotte · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
80%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.0%
72 flights
Avg arrival delay
24 min
118 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 2
route average 79% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on DCA to CLT arrived on time 80% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 3% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 2 airlines on this route, which averaged 79% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (58%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft58%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)29%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion10%
- Extreme weather2%
- Security1%
Other airlines on DCA to CLT
- PSA Airlines68% on time · 27 min avg delay
Full DCA to CLT comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
2,407 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 72 cancelled, 4 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.