AA5510American Airlines · DCA → ATL
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA5510 WashingtonDCA · 17:25 AtlantaATL · 19:30

AA5510 by American Airlines flies from Washington (DCA) to Atlanta (ATL) for the Wed, Oct 14 departure.

Right nowEn route to Atlanta · off blocks 17:48 · 23 min late
En route

en route from DCA to ATL

En routeAA5510 · position estimated
DCAWashingtonATLAtlanta
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 17:48 · typical taxi-out at DCA ≈ 7.5 min.

⚖ AA5510 typically leaves +36 and lands −7. The air wins minutes back.
Typical gate push+36 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−7 minmedian over 9 operations
Wins back in air~43 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+33+67+100 min
10-14
+23 gate · −21 arrival
10-13
−24 arrival
10-12
+44 gate · −4 arrival
10-11
+100 gate · +57 arrival
10-09
+32 gate · +1 arrival
10-08
+36 gate · −7 arrival
10-07
+23 gate · −21 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 −7 min · 0 cancelled · 9 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DCAWashingtonOn-time likelyDCA delay board →
ATLAtlantaOn-time likelyATL delay board →
DCA→ATLevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Early read, sample still building
37%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.3%Chance of cancellation

Conditions at DCA and ATL 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. This route's tracked sample is still thin — treat these as an early read, not a precise forecast.

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 Washington to Atlanta flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA5187departs 05:45
AA5320departs 06:25
AA3976departs 08:20
AA4295departs 08:26
AA4576departs 10:59
AA4733departs 11:11

If AA5510 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Washington to Atlanta on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DCA local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA5510 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA5510 across the DCA and ATL boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 9 confirmed landings · 8/9 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 AA5510 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
10-14DCA 17:25 17:48 (+23)ATL 19:30 19:09 (−21)
10-13DCA ATL 19:30 19:06 (−24)
10-12DCA 17:25 18:09 (+44)ATL 19:30 19:26 (−4)
10-11DCA 17:25 19:05 (+100)ATL 19:30 20:27 (+57)
10-09DCA 17:25 17:57 (+32)ATL 19:30 19:31 (+1)
10-08DCA 17:25 18:01 (+36)ATL 19:30 19:23 (−7)
10-07DCA 17:25 17:48 (+23)ATL 19:30 19:09 (−21)
10-06DCA 17:25 17:49 (+24)ATL 19:30 19:10 (−20)
10-05DCA 17:25 18:12 (+47)ATL 19:30 19:40 (+10)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N716PS, N538EG, N708PS, N723PS.

Board clocks recorded as DCA and ATL published them.

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