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AA 1618 on time

American Airlines 1618: Dallas to Washington at 5:00 a.m. (past 12 months)

On time
89%
150 flights · likely 83–93%
Cancelled
0.7%
of scheduled flights
Typical arrival
−10 min
median vs schedule
When late
+66 min
average delay
Similar flights
87%
AA, same route & hour

About 1 in 9 AA 1618 flights from Dallas arrived 15+ minutes late, diverted or cancelled over the past year (11%); 0.7% were cancelled. The typical flight landed 10 minutes early.

AA 1618: DFW → DCA

Scheduled to leave Dallas at 5:00 a.m. local time. Over the past year it arrived on time 89% of the time (150 flights), in line with other AA flights on the route at that hour (87%). Last seen in the data Aug 31, 2026.

Month by month

40%70%100%Apr 2025: 80% on time (30 flights)80AprMay 2025: 94% on time (31 flights)94MayJun 2025: 83% on time (30 flights)83JunJul 2025: 94% on time (31 flights)94JulAug 2025: 79% on time (29 flights)79AugSep 2025: 80% on time (30 flights)80SepOct 2025: too few flights (5 flights)OctApr 2026: 92% on time (24 flights)92AprMay 2026: 93% on time (27 flights)93MayJun 2026: too few flights (4 flights)JunJul 2026: 86% on time (29 flights)86JulAug 2026: 90% on time (31 flights)90Aug

By day of week

DayFlightsOn time
Monday2295%
Tuesday2080%
Wednesday2070%
Thursday23100%
Friday2090%
Saturday2391%
Sunday2291%

Why it was late

Airline (crew, maintenance, ops) 85%Air traffic & airport (NAS) 13%Severe weather 2%

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Questions

How often is AA 1618 from DFW to DCA late?

American Airlines 1618 from Dallas/Fort Worth, TX to Washington, DC arrived 15 or more minutes late, was diverted or was cancelled on 11% of 150 scheduled flights between September 2025 and August 2026. 0.7% were cancelled.

Flight numbers change. Figures cover flights with this airline, number and route only. "Likely range" is the 95% interval for the true on-time rate given the number of flights. This is history, not live status: check American Airlines for today's flight. Method.