Flight profile · American Airlines
AA1542
Phoenix (PHX) to Washington (DCA) · scheduled 11:46 PM – 7:00 AM
How AA1542 performs
620 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
AA1542 arrived on time 88.8% of the time, against 85.3% for all PHX → DCA flights — this specific departure is 3.5 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 3.5 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 620 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA1542 | 88.8% | 0.81% | -13 min | 3.7% | 620 |
| American Airlines on PHX → DCA | 85.3% | 1.01% | -9 min | 4.0% | 3,271 |
| All PHX → DCA flights | 85.3% | 1.01% | -9 min | 4.0% | 3,271 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA1542 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| DFW→TUS Dallas–Fort Worth to Tucson | 2026-02-12 – 2026-03-07 | 24 | — |
| BOS→ORD Boston to Chicago | 2026-02-03 – 2026-02-11 | 4 | — |
| ORD→BOS Chicago to Boston | 2026-02-03 – 2026-02-11 | 4 | — |
| MSY→CLT New Orleans to Charlotte | 2026-01-08 – 2026-02-09 | 25 | — |
| MIA→LAX Miami to Los Angeles | 2025-12-18 – 2026-01-05 | 19 | — |
| DCA→CLT Washington to Charlotte | 2025-12-03 – 2025-12-17 | 15 | — |
| DFW→AUS Dallas–Fort Worth to Austin | 2025-11-02 – 2025-12-02 | 28 | — |
| AUS→DFW Austin to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2025-11-02 – 2025-12-02 | 26 | — |
| PHX→DTW Phoenix to Detroit | 2025-11-29 – 2025-11-29 | 1 | — |
| MIA→MCO Miami to Orlando | 2025-10-07 – 2025-11-01 | 26 | — |
| DFW→SDF Dallas–Fort Worth to Louisville | 2023-11-05 – 2025-03-29 | 228 | 72.6% |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA1542 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 620 records of AA1542 operating PHX → DCA, 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.