Flight profile · American Airlines
AA2903
Washington (DCA) to Chicago (ORD) · scheduled 6:00 AM – 7:24 AM
How AA2903 performs
848 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
AA2903 arrived on time 85.2% of the time, against 79.2% for all DCA → ORD flights — this specific departure is 6.0 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 6.5 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 848 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA2903 | 85.2% | 4.48% | -16 min | 7.2% | 848 |
| American Airlines on DCA → ORD | 78.7% | 2.42% | -11 min | 9.5% | 7,467 |
| All DCA → ORD flights | 79.2% | 2.35% | -8 min | 8.8% | 19,524 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
By day of week
Does AA2903 run worse on particular days?
Thursday is historically the most reliable day and Wednesday the least, a gap of 9.6 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · Days with fewer than 120 operations are not scored.
Other routes AA2903 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.
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA2903 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 848 records of AA2903 operating DCA → ORD, 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.