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American Airlines DCA to MSP on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
73%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.4%
1 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
62 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 5
route average 76% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on DCA to MSP arrived on time 73% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.4% were cancelled, and 13% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (53%).

On-time trend by month

20%60%100%September 2025: 79.2% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25January 2026: 50.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 50.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 33.3% on time, 25.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft53%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion16%
  • Extreme weather0%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DCA to MSP

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

41 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 1 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.