Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
AA 5639 · Houston (IAH) → Washington (DCA)
Sold by American, flown by PSA. Still flying: 22 of the last 56 days (Mon, Tue, Wed, Sun).
Arrives on time45%within 15 minutes, of 36 flights
Cancelled8.3%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late36%of flights that operated
When late, on average147 minlate, among flights 15+ min late
Schedule
Typical times in the Jun 6 – Jul 31, 2026 schedule, local at each airport (Washington is 1 h ahead of Houston).
- Leaves IAH
- 16:46
- Arrives DCA
- 20:59
- Flight time
- 3h 13m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 22 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 IAH
All flights leaving Houston (IAH) at 4–5 pm, wherever they’re going: 78% left within 15 minutes and 1.2% were cancelled (14,289 flights in the year). Other American flights on this route →
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