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American Airlines DCA to PWM on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
70%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.4%
9 flights
Avg arrival delay
21 min
66 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 3
route average 69% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on DCA to PWM arrived on time 70% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 1.4% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 69% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (59%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 64.6% on time, 11.1% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 70.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 71.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 70.3% on time, 2.2% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 82.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 68.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 62.3% on time, 7.0% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 52.9% on time, 5.6% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 61.5% on time, 3.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 72.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 66.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 79.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 69.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft59%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)26%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion11%
  • Extreme weather3%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DCA to PWM

656 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 9 cancelled, 2 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.