AA5401American Airlines · HPN → DCA
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AA5401 White PlainsHPN · 17:24 WashingtonDCA · 19:00

AA5401 by American Airlines flies from White Plains (HPN) to Washington (DCA) for the Tue, Aug 18 departure.

Right nowAwaiting arrival in Washington · off blocks 19:27 · 123 min late
19:00

estimated arrival at DCA · local time · past this estimate · waiting on the board

En routeAA5401 · position estimated
HPNWhite PlainsDCAWashington
Estimated from the boardsarr 19:00

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 19:27.

⚖ AA5401 typically leaves +42 and lands +11. The air wins minutes back.

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+45+90+135 min
08-18
+123 gate
08-17
+42 gate · +11 arrival
08-16
+41 gate · −6 arrival
08-14
+42 gate · +11 arrival
08-13
+135 gate · +83 arrival
08-12
+13 gate · −37 arrival
08-11
+0 gate

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 +11 min · 0 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
HPNWhite PlainsOn-time likelyHPN delay board →
DCAWashingtonOn-time likelyDCA delay board →
HPN→DCAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
58%Chance of 15+ min delay
5.1%Chance of cancellation
+52 minAvg hub delay right now

Conditions at HPN 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
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T
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T
F
S
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Each mark is a scheduled departure at its origin-local time. Today is highlighted.

Other White Plains to Washington flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA5678departs 06:30
AA525departs 09:15
AA5282departs 11:00
AA5254departs 15:21

If AA5401 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from White Plains to Washington on the same day, with scheduled departure times in HPN local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA5401 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA5401 across the HPN and DCA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~11 min late. Based on 8 confirmed landings · 6/8 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 AA5401 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
08-18HPN 17:24 19:27 (+123)DCA 19:00
08-17HPN 17:24 18:06 (+42)DCA 19:00 19:11 (+11)
08-16HPN 17:24 18:05 (+41)DCA 19:00 18:54 (−6)
08-14HPN 17:24 18:06 (+42)DCA 19:00 19:11 (+11)
08-13HPN 17:24 19:39 (+135)DCA 19:00 20:23 (+83)
08-12HPN 17:24 17:37 (+13)DCA 19:00 18:23 (−37)
08-11HPN 22:06 (+0)DCA
08-10HPN 17:24 23:54 (+390)DCA 19:00 00:38 (+338)
08-09HPN 17:24 18:04 (+40)DCA 19:00 18:57 (−3)
08-08HPN 13:41 15:09 (+88)DCA
08-05HPN 17:24 17:43 (+19)DCA 19:00 18:53 (−7)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N531EG, N517AE, N510AE, N526EA.

Board clocks recorded as HPN and DCA published them.

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