Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
AA 5244 · Detroit (DTW) → Washington (DCA)
Sold by American, flown by PSA. Still flying: 48 of the last 56 days (Mon–Sat).
Arrives on time84%within 15 minutes, of 115 flights
Cancelled4.3%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late6%of flights that operated
When late, on average115 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport.
- Leaves DTW
- 06:49
- Arrives DCA
- 08:39
- Flight time
- 1h 50m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 48 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 DTW
All flights leaving Detroit (DTW) at 6–7 am, wherever they’re going: 90% left within 15 minutes and 3.3% were cancelled (5,114 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.