Flight history · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · US DOT on-time records
AA 5643 · Washington (DCA) → Birmingham (BHM)
Sold by American, flown by PSA. Still flying: 55 of the last 56 days (Daily).
Arrives on time52%within 15 minutes, of 76 flights
Cancelled17.1%of scheduled flights
An hour or more late32%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 (Birmingham is 1 h behind Washington).
- Leaves DCA
- 20:15
- Arrives BHM
- 21:28
- Flight time
- 2h 13m
- Days flown, last 8 weeks
- 55 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 8–9 pm, wherever they’re going: 64% left within 15 minutes and 6.1% were cancelled (7,377 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.