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American Airlines SYR to DCA on-time performance

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

On-time arrivals
65%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.3%
5 flights
Avg arrival delay
31 min
83 min when late
Rank on route
#4 of 4
route average 66% on time

Key facts

  • American Airlines flights on SYR to DCA arrived on time 65% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026.
  • 2.3% were cancelled, and 15% arrived an hour or more late.
  • That ranks #4 of 4 airlines on this route, which averaged 66% on time overall.
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (64%).

On-time trend by month

30%65%100%July 2025: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 60.0% on time, 3.8% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 50.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 63.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 100.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 66.7% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 68.2% on time, 15.4% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 44.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 70.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 81.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 93.3% 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 aircraft64%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion21%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)10%
  • Extreme weather5%
  • Security0%

Other airlines on SYR to DCA

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

220 American Airlines flights tracked on this route; 5 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.