Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
AA 1978 · Washington (DCA) → Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW)
Sold by American. Still flying: 56 of the last 56 days (Daily).
Arrives on time84%within 15 minutes, of 310 flights
Cancelled2.9%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late7%of flights that operated
When late, on average110 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Dallas-Fort Worth is 1 h behind Washington).
- Leaves DCA
- 07:59
- Arrives DFW
- 10:31
- Flight time
- 3h 32m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 56 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.
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 7–8 am, wherever they’re going: 90% left within 15 minutes and 2.9% were cancelled (7,779 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.