AA5252American Airlines · IAH → DCA
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AA5252 HoustonIAH · 10:30 WashingtonDCA · 14:41

AA5252 by American Airlines flies from Houston (IAH) to Washington (DCA).

Right nowNext departure today Operates daily
18:57

scheduled from IAH

Typical gate push+20 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+6 minmedian over 4 operations
Wins back in air~14 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 4 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
11-06
+20 gate · +6 arrival
10-31
−8 gate · −24 arrival
10-30
+20 gate · +6 arrival
10-29
+47 gate · +32 arrival

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

The route today

live boards
IAHHoustonOn-time likelyIAH delay board →
DCAWashingtonOn-time likelyDCA delay board →
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Weather lens

Weather-conditioned outlook for this flight right now

Measured, 90-day sample
33%Chance of 15+ min delay
1.6%Chance of cancellation
+6 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Driven mainly by DCA (Washington), 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 at Houston

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High25°Clikely 22°C to 27°C
Low17°Clikely 15°C to 19°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · Expected values for tomorrow from a forecast model, kept apart from today's measured figures.

Tomorrow at Washington

Forecast

Sat 7 Nov, local date

High15°Clikely 14°C to 18°C
Low11°Clikely 8°C to 13°C

Forecast: GateWeather · incl. data from ECMWF (CC BY 4.0, modified) · 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 Houston to Washington flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA5281departs 07:00
AA5410departs 07:04
AA5215departs 10:25
AA5458departs 17:17
AA5532departs 17:20

If AA5252 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Houston to Washington on the same day, with scheduled departure times in IAH 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 AA5252 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA5252 across the IAH and DCA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~9 min late. Based on 4 confirmed landings · 3/4 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 AA5252 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
11-06IAH 10:30 10:50 (+20)DCA 14:41 14:47 (+6)
10-31IAH 10:30 10:22 (−8)DCA 14:41 14:17 (−24)
10-30IAH 10:30 10:50 (+20)DCA 14:41 14:47 (+6)
10-29IAH 10:30 11:17 (+47)DCA 14:41 15:13 (+32)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N532EA, N545PB, N539EA.

Board clocks recorded as IAH and DCA published them.

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