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AA1178

Washington (DCA) to Miami (MIA) · scheduled 5:00 AM – 7:39 AM

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How AA1178 performs

696 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
91.2%
619 of 679 completed
Cancellation rate
2.44%
17 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-14 min
Average -3.4 min
Severe delays
3.2%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
115 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
89.7%
Left the gate on time

AA1178 arrived on time 91.2% of the time, against 77.3% for all DCAMIA flights — this specific departure is 13.8 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 13.3 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 696 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA117891.2%2.44%-14 min3.2%696
American Airlines on DCAMIA77.9%2.12%-9 min9.1%10,520
All DCAMIA flights77.3%2.04%-9 min9.3%11,643

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30

Other routes AA1178 has flown

A flight number is a slot in a schedule, and carriers reassign it. These are the other city pairs this number served in the analysis period.

RouteOperatedFlightsOn time
DFWSEA Dallas–Fort Worth to Seattle2026-03-082026-04-0622
DFWORD Dallas–Fort Worth to Chicago2025-03-092026-03-2822
LAXORD Los Angeles to Chicago2025-11-032026-03-079076.1%
RNOPHX Reno to Phoenix2025-12-182026-01-0517
DCABNA Washington to Nashville2025-10-112025-10-314
ORDIAH Chicago to Houston2025-02-132025-03-0521
CLTSDF Charlotte to Louisville2023-11-052025-02-1210387.4%
SDFCLT Louisville to Charlotte2023-11-052025-02-1210181.0%
MIAMSY Miami to New Orleans2024-12-202025-01-067
MSYMIA New Orleans to Miami2024-12-202025-01-067
JAXMIA Jacksonville to Miami2024-12-192025-01-0410
MIAJAX Miami to Jacksonville2024-12-192025-01-0410
LAXDFW Los Angeles to Dallas–Fort Worth2024-06-052024-06-051

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA1178 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 696 records of AA1178 operating DCAMIA, published by the US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule. Cancelled and diverted flights are excluded from the on-time rate and reported separately. Flight numbers are resolved as carrier plus number plus route, because the same number serves different routes over time.

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