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AA591

Los Angeles (LAX) to Washington (DCA) · scheduled 1:00 PM – 8:59 PM

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How AA591 performs

351 operations, 2024-02-15 to 2026-06-30.

On-time arrivals
74.1%
254 of 343 completed
Cancellation rate
0.57%
2 cancelled
Median arrival delay
-5 min
Average 10.4 min
Severe delays
11.4%
Arrived 60+ minutes late
Delay when late
69 min
Average, when 15+ min late
Departure punctuality
73.4%
Left the gate on time

AA591 arrived on time 74.1% of the time, against 80.4% for all LAXDCA flights — this specific departure is 6.3 percentage points worse than the route as a whole. Against American Airlines’s own flights on this route it is 8.2 points worse.

Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics · 351 operations between 2024-02-15 to 2026-06-30

Against the rest of the route

On timeCancelledMedian delaySevereFlights
AA59174.1%0.57%-5 min11.4%351
American Airlines on LAXDCA82.2%0.78%-9 min5.9%2,191
All LAXDCA flights80.4%0.96%-9 min6.8%4,374

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · 2024-02-15 to 2026-06-30

Other routes AA591 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
DFWEGE Dallas–Fort Worth to Eagle2024-12-192025-03-2989
LGARSW New York to Fort Myers2024-12-052024-12-1814
RSWLGA Fort Myers to New York2024-12-052024-12-1814
PHXONT Phoenix to Ontario2024-10-072024-11-0429
ONTPHX Ontario to Phoenix2024-10-072024-11-0324
DFWMCI Dallas–Fort Worth to Kansas City2023-07-012024-10-0675
AUSORD Austin to Chicago2024-06-062024-08-0544
DFWSLC Dallas–Fort Worth to Salt Lake City2024-05-252024-05-251
SANPHL San Diego to Philadelphia2024-04-042024-05-0532
MIAPHX Miami to Phoenix2024-02-142024-02-141
MCOMIA Orlando to Miami2023-12-202024-01-0719
DTWLGA Detroit to New York2023-11-052023-12-1941
LGADTW New York to Detroit2023-11-052023-12-1941
LGARDU New York to Raleigh–Durham2023-11-232023-12-163
RDULGA Raleigh–Durham to New York2023-12-092023-12-162
MYRCLT Myrtle Beach to Charlotte2023-08-152023-11-0449
CLECLT Cleveland to Charlotte2023-09-062023-10-0429

Because the same number has served different journeys, the statistics above describe only the route AA591 currently operates. Blending them would produce an average of two different flights.

Data and methodology

Calculated by FlyerIntel from 351 records of AA591 operating LAXDCA, 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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