Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
AA 5248 · Washington (DCA) → Philadelphia (PHL)
Sold by American, flown by PSA. Not in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule; last flew 2025-10-05.
Arrives on time66%within 15 minutes, of 66 flights
Cancelled1.5%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late12%of flights that operated
When late, on average70 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport.
- Leaves DCA
- 16:40
- Arrives PHL
- 17:47
- Flight time
- 1h 06m
- 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.
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 4–5 pm, wherever they’re going: 63% left within 15 minutes and 3.0% were cancelled (7,174 flights in the year). Other American flights on this route →
Upcoming forecasts
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