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AA 4802 · American Airlines

Indianapolis → Washington (IND–DCA)98% of its flights flew this route. The rest (DCA–MEM) are included in these numbers.

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Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
85%
Arrive within 15 minutes
2 min
Average arrival delay
1.1%
Cancelled
10 min early
Median arrival delay

Based on 349 historical flights. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Friday is doing you no favors.

AA 4802 arrived on time 96% of the time on Tuesdays and just 74% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Better than the IND–DCA route average.

AA 4802 arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 75% across the IND–DCA route.

Better than the American Airlines network average.

AA 4802 arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 77% across the American Airlines network.

Trending in the right direction.

AA 4802 arrived on time 89% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 72% in the three months before that.

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon86%(49 flights)
  • Tue96%(51 flights)
  • Wed80%(51 flights)
  • Thu82%(51 flights)
  • Fri74%(50 flights)
  • Sat87%(39 flights)
  • Sun87%(52 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(336 flights)
  • 12–3 PM—(1 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(6 flights)
On-time trend by month
85%
May

Jun 90% → May 85% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202590%30
July 202590%31
August 202590%31
September 202580%30
October 202594%31
November 202586%28
December 202576%29
January 202664%28
February 202675%24
March 202689%26
April 202693%29
May 202685%26
Departures on time
86%
Diverted
0.6%
Flights flown
343
Months covered
12

Same route, other flights

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Based on 349 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.