Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
AA 5197 · Washington (DCA) → Columbus (CMH)
Sold by American, flown by PSA. Still flying: 26 of the last 56 days (Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sun).
Arrives on time47%within 15 minutes, of 26 flights
Cancelled26.9%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late32%of flights that operated
When late, on average85 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport.
- Leaves DCA
- 22:15
- Arrives CMH
- 23:50
- Flight time
- 1h 35m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 26 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 10–11 pm, wherever they’re going: 63% left within 15 minutes and 8.7% were cancelled (7,148 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.