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

AA 2281 · West Palm Beach (PBI) → Washington (DCA)

Sold by American. Still flying: 55 of the last 56 days (Daily).

Arrives on time58%within 15 minutes, of 71 flights
Cancelled4.2%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late23%of flights that operated
When late, on average158 minlate, among flights 15+ min late

Schedule

Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport.

Leaves PBI
15:27
Arrives DCA
18:00
Flight time
2h 33m
Days flown, last 8 weeks
55 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 late42%
30+ min late34%
1h+ late23%
2h+ late20%
20%40%60% 015301h1h302h3h

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

Its hour at PBI

All flights leaving West Palm Beach (PBI) at 3–4 pm, wherever they’re going: 66% left within 15 minutes and 2.0% were cancelled (1,866 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.