American Airlines ORD to DCA on-time performance
American Airlines nonstop flights from Chicago to Washington · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
On-time arrivals
67%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.6%
81 flights
Avg arrival delay
31 min
91 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 5
route average 70% on time
Key facts
- American Airlines flights on ORD to DCA arrived on time 67% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
- 3.6% were cancelled, and 15% arrived an hour or more late.
- That ranks #4 of 5 airlines on this route, which averaged 70% on time overall.
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (47%).
On-time trend by month
Why this airline's flights were late
- Late-arriving aircraft47%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)28%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion19%
- Extreme weather6%
- Security0%
Other airlines on ORD to DCA
- United Airlines71% on time · 21 min avg delay
- Republic Airways69% on time · 24 min avg delay
- Envoy Air84% on time · 8 min avg delay
- SkyWest Airlines60% on time · 39 min avg delay
Full ORD to DCA comparison →
American Airlines on-time record across all routes →
2,270 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 81 cancelled, 3 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.