Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records

AA 1189 · Washington (DCA) → Chicago (ORD)

Sold by American. Not in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule; last flew 2025-11-01.

Arrives on time61%within 15 minutes, of 88 flights
Cancelled1.1%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late20%of flights that operated
When late, on average71 minlate, among flights 15+ min late

Schedule

Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Chicago is 1 h behind Washington).

Leaves DCA
17:59
Arrives ORD
19:16
Flight time
2h 20m
Days flown, last 8 weeks
0 of 56

Each square is a day, Sat Jun 6 to Fri Jul 31, two weeks per row (each column is the same weekday); filled = flew.

How late it arrives

Share of flights that operated arriving more than this late.

15+ min late39%
30+ min late26%
1h+ late20%
2h+ late8%
20%40%60% 015301h1h302h3h

Horizontal: minutes late at arrival (0 to 3 hours). Vertical: share of flights later than that.

Its hour at DCA

All flights leaving Washington (DCA) at 5–6 pm, wherever they’re going: 63% left within 15 minutes and 4.3% were cancelled (12,159 flights in the year). Other American flights on this route →

Upcoming forecasts

Our odds that this flight is late or cancelled on the days we publish.