AA2839American Airlines · CLT → DCA
live · 53m ago
Route confirmed American Airlines

AA2839 CharlotteCLT · 14:30 WashingtonDCA · 15:58

AA2839 by American Airlines flies from Charlotte (CLT) to Washington (DCA) for the Tue, Aug 18 departure.

Right nowDelayed · gate C4 · as of 17:26
16:50

departs CLT · 140 min late

Typical gate push+28 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+21 minmedian over 8 operations
Wins back in air~7 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+79+158+237 min
08-17
+13 arrival
08-16
−10 arrival
08-15
+237 arrival
08-14
−20 arrival
08-13
+21 arrival
08-12
−16 arrival
08-11
+61 arrival

The bar is how late it left the gate; the ring is where it actually arrived. Board clocks, not estimates.

The last 30 days

arrival outcome per operation

median arrival +21 min · 0 cancelled · 8 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
CLTCharlotteOn-time likelyCLT delay board →
DCAWashingtonOn-time likelyDCA delay board →
CLT→DCAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
46%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.7%Chance of cancellation
+15 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at CLT and DCA are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. For this route and airline, under conditions like today's, over the last 90 days.

Pro Flight Search tracking, 90 days · the weather × delay correlation study → · live weather risk by airport →

When it flies

scheduled departures
061422
M
T
W
T
F
S
S

Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other Charlotte to Washington flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA269departs 06:00
AA1581departs 07:57
AA3043departs 09:23
AA5539departs 11:12
AA3198departs 16:40
AA527departs 18:22

If AA2839 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Charlotte to Washington on the same day, with scheduled departure times in CLT local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA2839 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA2839 across the CLT and DCA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~23 min late. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 4/8 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA2839 operates rather than what the timetable promises. Numbers refresh as new flights operate.

Technical record

How this operation is measured

board clocksaircraft

Board log

scheduled → actual, per operation
08-17CLT 14:30DCA 15:58 16:11 (+13)
08-16CLT 14:30DCA 15:58 15:48 (−10)
08-15CLT 14:30DCA 15:58 19:55 (+237)
08-14CLT 14:30DCA 15:58 15:38 (−20)
08-13CLT 14:30DCA 15:58 16:19 (+21)
08-12CLT 14:30DCA 15:58 15:42 (−16)
08-11CLT 14:30DCA 15:58 16:59 (+61)
08-10CLT 14:30 14:58 (+28)DCA 15:58 20:47 (+289)
08-09CLT 14:30DCA

Aircraft

Recent tails: N746UW, N839AW, N803AW, N802AW.

Board clocks recorded as CLT and DCA published them.

Cite this data

Journalists, bloggers, and researchers may cite this page with attribution and a link to Pro Flight Search.

Suggested citation

Pro Flight Search — AA2839 Charlotte to Washington on-time performance, measured from the CLT and DCA airport boards.

Canonical URL
https://proflightsearch.com/flight/AA2839
How we measure this →