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American Airlines DCA to MCO on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.4%
44 flights
Avg arrival delay
22 min
90 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 5
route average 75% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on DCA to MCO arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.4% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (45%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 74.1% on time, 4.5% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 70.3% on time, 2.6% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 76.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 81.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 70.9% on time, 4.1% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 69.9% on time, 0.6% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 74.6% on time, 11.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 68.3% on time, 0.7% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 82.3% on time, 3.9% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 82.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 81.0% on time, 0.6% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 83.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 79.9% on time, 5.3% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft45%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)30%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion21%
  • Extreme weather3%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DCA to MCO

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

1,814 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 44 cancelled, 10 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.