Flight profile · American Airlines
AA1581
Washington (DCA) to Charlotte (CLT) · scheduled 6:30 AM – 7:56 AM
How AA1581 performs
161 operations, 2025-06-05 to 2026-06-30.
AA1581 arrived on time 89.0% of the time, against 78.1% for all DCA → CLT flights — this specific departure is 10.9 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 10.1 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 161 operations between 2025-06-05 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA1581 | 89.0% | 3.73% | -17 min | 3.2% | 161 |
| 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 · 2025-06-05 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA1581 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| ORD→DCA Chicago to Washington | 2026-05-21 – 2026-05-21 | 1 | — |
| DFW→CVG Dallas–Fort Worth to Cincinnati / Covington | 2023-11-05 – 2026-05-20 | 393 | 79.9% |
| MIA→STL Miami to St. Louis | 2023-07-01 – 2026-04-06 | 437 | 75.7% |
| PHX→DFW Phoenix to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2026-02-12 – 2026-03-07 | 24 | — |
| DFW→PHL Dallas–Fort Worth to Philadelphia | 2025-10-06 – 2025-11-01 | 26 | — |
| ORD→DFW Chicago to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2025-10-26 – 2025-10-26 | 1 | — |
| CVG→DFW Cincinnati / Covington to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2023-11-05 – 2025-03-28 | 231 | 83.1% |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA1581 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 161 records of AA1581 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.