AA5535American Airlines · CLE → DCA
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA5535 ClevelandCLE · 14:30 WashingtonDCA · 15:59

AA5535 by American Airlines flies from Cleveland (CLE) to Washington (DCA) for the Fri, Aug 21 departure.

Right nowAwaiting arrival in Washington · off blocks 14:50 · 20 min late
15:41

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

En routeAA5535 · position estimated
CLEClevelandDCAWashington
Estimated from the boardsarr 15:41

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 14:50.

Typical gate push+70 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival+88 minmedian over 11 operations
Cancellation0 in 11tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+144+287+431 min
08-21
+20 gate · −18 arrival
08-20
+431 gate · +403 arrival
08-19
+3 gate · +4 arrival
08-18
+27 gate · +112 arrival
08-17
+72 gate · +325 arrival
08-16
+107 gate · +88 arrival
08-15
+34 gate · −9 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 +88 min · 0 cancelled · 11 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
CLEClevelandOn-time likelyCLE delay board →
DCAWashingtonOn-time likelyDCA delay board →
CLE→DCAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
48%Chance of 15+ min delay
3.1%Chance of cancellation
+14 minAvg hub delay right now

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

Other Cleveland to Washington flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA5210departs 06:00
AA5413departs 09:26
AA4496departs 09:35
AA5092departs 16:44
AA5470departs 17:04
AA5091departs 19:54

If AA5535 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Cleveland to Washington on the same day, with scheduled departure times in CLE local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA5535 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA5535 across the CLE and DCA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~97 min late. Based on 10 confirmed landings · 2/10 within 15 min of schedule.

The verdict above is that record speaking, so it reflects how AA5535 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
08-21CLE 14:30 14:50 (+20)DCA 15:59 15:41 (−18)
08-20CLE 14:30 21:41 (+431)DCA 15:59 22:42 (+403)
08-19CLE 14:30 14:33 (+3)DCA 15:18 15:22 (+4)
08-18CLE 14:55 15:22 (+27)DCA 15:42 17:34 (+112)
08-17CLE 14:40 15:52 (+72)DCA 15:30 20:55 (+325)
08-16CLE 13:17 15:04 (+107)DCA 14:49 16:17 (+88)
08-15CLE 14:05 14:39 (+34)DCA 15:37 15:28 (−9)
08-14CLE 14:30 16:40 (+130)DCA 15:59 17:34 (+95)
08-13CLE 14:30 15:40 (+70)DCA 15:59 16:35 (+36)
08-12CLE 14:30 19:09 (+279)DCA 15:59 19:57 (+238)
08-11CLE 14:30 15:26 (+56)DCA 15:59 16:20 (+21)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N592NN, N638NN, N527EA, N541EA.

Board clocks recorded as CLE and DCA published them.

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