Flight profile · American Airlines
AA2985
Raleigh–Durham (RDU) to Washington (DCA) · scheduled 6:00 AM – 7:59 AM
How AA2985 performs
343 operations, 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30.
AA2985 arrived on time 89.0% of the time, against 71.0% for all RDU → DCA flights — this specific departure is 18.0 percentage points better than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 5.9 points better.
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 343 operations between 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Against the rest of the route
| On time | Cancelled | Median delay | Severe | Flights | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA2985 | 89.0% | 1.75% | -11 min | 3.0% | 343 |
| American Airlines on RDU → DCA | 83.1% | 1.48% | -9 min | 8.5% | 813 |
| All RDU → DCA flights | 71.0% | 3.08% | -3 min | 10.1% | 7,103 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2023-07-01 to 2026-06-30
Other routes AA2985 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→AUS Dallas–Fort Worth to Austin | 2026-05-21 – 2026-05-21 | 1 | — |
| PHL→RDU Philadelphia to Raleigh–Durham | 2025-04-04 – 2026-05-06 | 56 | — |
| PDX→ORD Portland to Chicago | 2025-10-05 – 2025-10-05 | 1 | — |
| CMH→PHL Columbus to Philadelphia | 2025-07-05 – 2025-08-05 | 32 | — |
| PHL→CMH Philadelphia to Columbus | 2025-07-05 – 2025-08-05 | 32 | — |
| AMA→DFW Amarillo to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2025-06-06 – 2025-07-04 | 29 | — |
| CVG→DFW Cincinnati / Covington to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2025-06-05 – 2025-06-05 | 1 | — |
| PHL→DFW Philadelphia to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2025-05-05 – 2025-06-04 | 31 | — |
| ONT→DFW Ontario to Dallas–Fort Worth | 2025-03-30 – 2025-04-03 | 5 | — |
| SAN→ORD San Diego to Chicago | 2023-11-05 – 2025-03-29 | 226 | 94.2% |
| MYR→CLT Myrtle Beach to Charlotte | 2024-05-06 – 2024-06-04 | 30 | — |
| CLT→MYR Charlotte to Myrtle Beach | 2024-05-06 – 2024-06-04 | 28 | — |
| AGS→CLT Augusta to Charlotte | 2024-04-08 – 2024-04-08 | 1 | — |
| STL→PHX St. Louis to Phoenix | 2023-08-06 – 2023-08-13 | 2 | — |
| ORD→LGA Chicago to New York | 2023-07-09 – 2023-07-30 | 4 | — |
Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA2985 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.
Data and methodology
Calculated by FlyerIntel from 343 records of AA2985 operating RDU → 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.