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American Airlines DCA to SYR on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
72%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.7%
6 flights
Avg arrival delay
22 min
76 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 4
route average 68% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on DCA to SYR arrived on time 72% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.7% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #1 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 68% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (73%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 70.8% on time, 7.7% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 56.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 48.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 85.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 81.8% on time, 15.4% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 60.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 92.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 78.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 85.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledMay ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft73%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)15%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion11%
  • Extreme weather1%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on DCA to SYR

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

220 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 6 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.