AA3848American Airlines · BUF → DCA
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA3848 BuffaloBUF · 06:00 WashingtonDCA · 07:28

AA3848 by American Airlines flies from Buffalo (BUF) to Washington (DCA).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
06:00

scheduled from BUF

Typical gate push+46 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+16 minmedian over 5 operations
Wins back in air~30 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 5 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-10
+55 gate · +20 arrival
10-09
+3 gate · −34 arrival
10-08
+59 gate · +30 arrival
10-07
+7 gate · −28 arrival
10-06
+46 gate · +16 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 +16 min · 0 cancelled · 5 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
BUFBuffaloModerate riskBUF delay board →
DCAWashingtonOn-time likelyDCA delay board →
BUF→DCAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
43%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.4%Chance of cancellation
+10 minAvg hub delay right now

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

Other Buffalo to Washington flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA4536departs 05:29
AA5096departs 05:30
AA5396departs 05:48
AA4647departs 11:48
AA4597departs 11:59
AA5051departs 14:23

If AA3848 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Buffalo to Washington on the same day, with scheduled departure times in BUF local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA3848 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA3848 across the BUF and DCA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~17 min late. Based on 5 confirmed landings · 2/5 within 15 min of schedule. Pushes back late but makes up time in the air.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA3848 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
10-10BUF 06:00 06:55 (+55)DCA 07:28 07:48 (+20)
10-09BUF 06:00 06:03 (+3)DCA 07:28 06:54 (−34)
10-08BUF 06:00 06:59 (+59)DCA 07:28 07:58 (+30)
10-07BUF 06:00 06:07 (+7)DCA 07:28 07:00 (−28)
10-06BUF 06:00 06:46 (+46)DCA 07:28 07:44 (+16)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N288NN, N244NN, N243NN, N340TC.

Board clocks recorded as BUF and DCA published them.

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