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American Airlines DCA to PIT on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
62%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.0%
2 flights
Avg arrival delay
37 min
93 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 4
route average 75% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on DCA to PIT arrived on time 62% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2% were cancelled, and 19% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 75% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (67%).

On-time trend by month

0%50%100%July 2025: 45.5% on time, 15.4% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 50.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25January 2026: 75.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 0.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 50.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26May 2026: 44.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 57.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 32.0% on time, 7.4% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft67%
  • Extreme weather13%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion12%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)8%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DCA to PIT

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

101 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 2 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.