AA4387American Airlines · DCA → DTW
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA4387 WashingtonDCA · 14:54 DetroitDTW · 16:43

AA4387 by American Airlines flies from Washington (DCA) to Detroit (DTW).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
17:12

scheduled from DCA

⚖ AA4387 typically leaves +18 and lands −24. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-01
+12 gate · −28 arrival
10-30
+27 gate · −14 arrival
10-29
+16 gate · −24 arrival
10-28
+22 gate · −11 arrival
10-27
+26 gate · −10 arrival
10-25
+12 gate · −28 arrival
10-23
+15 gate · −35 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 −24 min · 0 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DCAWashingtonOn-time likelyDCA delay board →
DTWDetroitOn-time likelyDTW delay board →
DCA→DTWevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
27%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.2%Chance of cancellation
+4 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at DCA and DTW are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. These figures come from both airports' records 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 →

Tomorrow on this route

Forecast

Washington to Detroit with American Airlines · Mon 2 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
7.3%0.7× usual

No cancellation outlook here: this airport's board does not publish cancellations reliably.

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · About 4 departures a day on this route with this airline. · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

When it flies

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

Other Washington to Detroit flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA5660departs 07:22
AA4616departs 10:48
AA4716departs 10:57
AA5371departs 14:54
AA5560departs 19:08
AA5269departs 20:50

If AA4387 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Washington to Detroit on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DCA local time. Most flights that show a delay still operate. Rebooking usually helps only when that delay is very large. Every airline on this route →

How AA4387 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA4387 across the DCA and DTW boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~10 min early. Based on 11 confirmed landings · 11/11 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 AA4387 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
11-01DCA 14:54 15:06 (+12)DTW 16:43 16:15 (−28)
10-30DCA 14:54 15:21 (+27)DTW 16:43 16:29 (−14)
10-29DCA 14:54 15:10 (+16)DTW 16:43 16:19 (−24)
10-28DCA 14:54 15:16 (+22)DTW 16:43 16:32 (−11)
10-27DCA 14:54 15:20 (+26)DTW 16:43 16:33 (−10)
10-25DCA 14:54 15:06 (+12)DTW 16:43 16:15 (−28)
10-23DCA 14:54 15:09 (+15)DTW 16:43 16:08 (−35)
10-22DCA 14:54 15:27 (+33)DTW 16:43 16:31 (−12)
10-21DCA 14:54 15:12 (+18)DTW 16:43 16:11 (−32)
10-20DCA 14:54 15:19 (+25)DTW 16:43 16:20 (−23)
10-18DCA 14:54 15:12 (+18)DTW 16:43 16:18 (−25)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N407YX, N425YX, N420YX, N118HQ.

Board clocks recorded as DCA and DTW published them.

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