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American Airlines MCO to DCA on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
71%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.3%
41 flights
Avg arrival delay
26 min
85 min when late
Rank on route
#3 of 5
route average 70% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on MCO to DCA arrived on time 71% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.3% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #3 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 70% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (60%).

On-time trend by month

40%70%100%July 2025: 52.4% on time, 5.2% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 55.3% on time, 1.9% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 76.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 73.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 68.5% on time, 3.4% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 71.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 71.0% on time, 10.3% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 62.3% on time, 0.7% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 66.2% on time, 3.9% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 76.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 79.1% on time, 0.6% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 80.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 70.3% on time, 6.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why this airline's flights were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft60%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)18%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion15%
  • Extreme weather7%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on MCO to DCA

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

1,815 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 41 cancelled, 7 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.