AA5232American Airlines · DCA → MSY
updated 3h ago
Route confirmed American Airlines

AA5232 WashingtonDCA · 07:34 New OrleansMSY · 09:39

AA5232 by American Airlines flies from Washington (DCA) to New Orleans (MSY).

Right nowNext departure tomorrow Operates daily
10:09

scheduled from DCA

⚖ AA5232 typically leaves +17 and lands −31. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+17 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−31 minmedian over 12 operations
Wins back in air~48 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 12tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-31
+15 gate · −35 arrival
10-30
+15 gate · −35 arrival
10-29
+11 gate · −33 arrival
10-28
+19 gate · −24 arrival
10-27
+69 gate · +16 arrival
10-26
+52 gate · −8 arrival
10-25
+39 gate · −26 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 −31 min · 0 cancelled · 12 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DCAWashingtonOn-time likelyDCA delay board →
MSYNew OrleansOn-time likelyMSY delay board →
DCA→MSYevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
42%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.7%Chance of cancellation
+12 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by MSY (New Orleans), currently flying MVFR (marginal visual). 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 New Orleans with American Airlines · Sun 1 Nov, local date

Outlook: about usual
Chance a departure leaves 60+ min late
12%1.0× usual

Forecast weather: 84% chance of rain at New Orleans

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 3 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 New Orleans flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA5274departs 07:46
AA3581departs 07:49
AA5496departs 10:49
AA3126departs 11:30
AA4582departs 11:55
AA5410departs 12:59

If AA5232 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Washington to New Orleans 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 AA5232 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA5232 across the DCA and MSY boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~29 min early. Based on 12 confirmed landings · 11/12 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 AA5232 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
10-31DCA 07:34 07:49 (+15)MSY 09:39 09:04 (−35)
10-30DCA 07:34 07:49 (+15)MSY 09:39 09:04 (−35)
10-29DCA 07:34 07:45 (+11)MSY 09:39 09:06 (−33)
10-28DCA 07:34 07:53 (+19)MSY 09:39 09:15 (−24)
10-27DCA 07:34 08:43 (+69)MSY 09:39 09:55 (+16)
10-26DCA 07:34 08:26 (+52)MSY 09:39 09:31 (−8)
10-25DCA 08:20 08:59 (+39)MSY 10:27 10:01 (−26)
10-23DCA 07:34 07:47 (+13)MSY 09:39 08:45 (−54)
10-22DCA 07:34 07:48 (+14)MSY 09:39 08:56 (−43)
10-21DCA 07:34 07:47 (+13)MSY 09:39 08:53 (−46)
10-19DCA 07:34 08:02 (+28)MSY 09:39 09:09 (−30)
10-18DCA 08:20 08:50 (+30)MSY 10:27 09:57 (−30)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N572NN, N614NN, N603NN, N611NN.

Board clocks recorded as DCA and MSY published them.

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