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AA2897

Miami (MIA) to Washington (DCA) · scheduled 8:30 PM – 11:09 PM

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How AA2897 performs

576 operations, 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
72.5%
407 of 561 completed
Cancellation rate
2.26%
13 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-1 min
Average 10.8 min
Severe delays
8.6%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
59 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
69.0%
Left the gate on time

AA2897 arrived on time 72.5% of the time, against 74.7% for all MIADCA flights — this specific departure is 2.2 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 1.6 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 576 operations between 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA289772.5%2.26%-1 min8.6%576
American Airlines on MIADCA74.1%2.04%-5 min9.0%10,524
All MIADCA flights74.7%1.92%-5 min8.9%11,646

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-11-05 to 2026-06-30

Other routes AA2897 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
CLTTUL Charlotte to Tulsa2026-05-232026-06-276
TULCLT Tulsa to Charlotte2026-05-232026-06-276
STLDFW St. Louis to Dallas–Fort Worth2023-07-012026-04-0645178.7%
DFWSTL Dallas–Fort Worth to St. Louis2023-07-012026-04-0643380.6%
LGAFLL New York to Fort Lauderdale2026-01-062026-02-1137
FLLLGA Fort Lauderdale to New York2026-01-062026-02-1132

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA2897 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 576 records of AA2897 operating MIADCA, 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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