American Airlines DFW to DCA on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Washington · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
73%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.0%
100 flights
Avg arrival delay
18 min
62 min when late
Rank on route
#1 of 1
route average 73% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on DFW to DCA arrived on time 73% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 3% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #1 of 1 airlines on this route, which averaged 73% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (45%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft45%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)32%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion15%
- Extreme weather9%
- Security0%
Other airlines on DFW to DCA
3,299 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 100 cancelled, 16 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.