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American Airlines DCA to RSW on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
76%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.6%
21 flights
Avg arrival delay
20 min
80 min when late
Rank on route
#2 of 3
route average 76% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on DCA to RSW arrived on time 76% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.6% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #2 of 3 airlines on this route, which averaged 76% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (61%).

On-time trend by month

50%75%100%July 2025: 71.4% on time, 6.5% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 73.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 60.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 70.0% on time, 3.2% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 81.3% on time, 2.4% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 72.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 80.2% on time, 9.8% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 75.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 78.8% on time, 2.3% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 81.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 77.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 70.9% on time, 5.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 72.2% on time, 6.7% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft61%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)25%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion12%
  • Extreme weather2%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DCA to RSW

804 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 21 cancelled, 9 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.