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AA1966

Washington (DCA) to Los Angeles (LAX) · scheduled 8:20 AM – 10:49 AM

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How AA1966 performs

458 operations, 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
83.1%
373 of 449 completed
Cancellation rate
0.87%
4 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-9 min
Average -4.1 min
Severe delays
2.2%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
50 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
90.3%
Left the gate on time

AA1966 arrived on time 83.1% of the time, against 78.3% for all DCALAX flights — this specific departure is 4.7 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 4.2 points better.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 458 operations between 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA196683.1%0.87%-9 min2.2%458
American Airlines on DCALAX78.9%0.82%-9 min6.4%2,192
All DCALAX flights78.3%1.10%-8 min7.1%4,375

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2025-03-30 to 2026-06-30

Other routes AA1966 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
DFWGUC Dallas–Fort Worth to Gunnison2025-01-072025-03-2982
GUCDFW Gunnison to Dallas–Fort Worth2025-01-072025-03-2982
MIAAUS Miami to Austin2024-12-192025-01-0619
CLTSTX Charlotte to Christiansted2024-11-232024-11-302
STXCLT Christiansted to Charlotte2024-11-232024-11-302
LAXPHL Los Angeles to Philadelphia2024-11-042024-11-041
LAXCLT Los Angeles to Charlotte2023-07-012024-11-0324870.9%
CLTLAX Charlotte to Los Angeles2023-07-012024-06-0410578.8%
ORDLAS Chicago to Las Vegas2023-11-052024-04-0315182.1%

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA1966 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 458 records of AA1966 operating DCALAX, 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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