Flight profile · American Airlines
AA1518
Washington (DCA) to Charlotte (CLT) · scheduled 8:00 AM – 10:17 AM
How AA1518 performs
598 operations, 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30.
AA1518 arrived on time 85.5% of the time, against 78.1% for all DCA → CLT flights — this specific departure is 7.3 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 6.6 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 598 operations between 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA1518 | 85.5% | 2.17% | -9 min | 6.3% | 598 |
| American Airlines on DCA → CLT | 78.9% | 2.25% | -9 min | 9.1% | 7,598 |
| All DCA → CLT flights | 78.1% | 2.11% | -8 min | 9.3% | 9,152 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA1518 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.
| Route | Operated | Flights | On time |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELP→DFW El Paso to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2025-11-02 – 2026-04-06 | 156 | 85.3% |
| PHX→LAX Phoenix to Los Angeles | 2024-06-05 – 2024-11-04 | 153 | 80.9% |
| LAX→PHX Los Angeles to Phoenix | 2024-04-04 – 2024-11-04 | 124 | 76.6% |
| DFW→ALB Dallas–Fort Worth to Albany | 2023-10-05 – 2023-11-04 | 31 | — |
| LGA→DFW New York to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2023-09-06 – 2023-10-04 | 25 | — |
| BWI→CLT Baltimore to Charlotte | 2023-07-01 – 2023-08-14 | 39 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA1518 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 598 records of AA1518 operating DCA → CLT, 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.