Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
AA 5281 · Washington (DCA) → Nashville (BNA)
Sold by American, flown by PSA. Still flying: 8 of the last 56 days (Sun).
Arrives on time78%within 15 minutes, of 10 flights
Cancelled10.0%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late0%of flights that operated
When late, on average39 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Nashville is 1 h behind Washington).
- Leaves DCA
- 06:30
- Arrives BNA
- 07:33
- Flight time
- 2h 05m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 8 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 6–7 am, wherever they’re going: 92% left within 15 minutes and 2.9% were cancelled (11,481 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.