AA3861American Airlines · CMH → DCA
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Route confirmed American Airlines

AA3861 ColumbusCMH · 06:00 WashingtonDCA · 07:23

AA3861 by American Airlines flies from Columbus (CMH) to Washington (DCA) for the Sat, Oct 17 departure.

Right nowOn Time · gate B26 · as of 03:44
06:00

departs CMH · on schedule

Typical gate push+24 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−24 minmedian over 15 operations
Wins back in air~48 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time → Cancellation0 in 15tracked operations · cancellation odds calculator →

Where the minutes go

last 7 operations · gate push → arrival
0+30+60+90 min
10-17
−24 arrival
10-16
+16 arrival
10-15
+15 gate · −8 arrival
10-14
−28 arrival
10-13
−32 arrival
10-12
−20 arrival
10-11
−17 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 −24 min · 0 cancelled · 15 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
CMHColumbusHigh riskCMH delay board →
DCAWashingtonHigh riskDCA delay board →
CMH→DCAevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
41%Chance of 15+ min delay
4.8%Chance of cancellation
+8 minAvg hub delay right now

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

Other Columbus to Washington flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA5629departs 09:14
AA4700departs 12:30
AA4633departs 16:42
AA5634departs 16:43
AA4747departs 19:58

If AA3861 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Columbus to Washington on the same day, with scheduled departure times in CMH local time. Most flights posting a delay still operate — rebooking usually only beats a very large posted delay. Every airline on this route →

How AA3861 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA3861 across the CMH and DCA boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands ~16 min early. Based on 14 confirmed landings · 13/14 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 AA3861 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
10-17CMH 06:00DCA 07:23 06:59 (−24)
10-16CMH 06:00DCA 07:23 07:39 (+16)
10-15CMH 06:00 06:15 (+15)DCA 07:23 07:15 (−8)
10-14CMH 06:00DCA 07:23 06:55 (−28)
10-13CMH 06:00DCA 07:23 06:51 (−32)
10-12CMH 06:00DCA 07:23 07:03 (−20)
10-11CMH 09:17DCA 10:40 10:23 (−17)
10-10CMH 06:00DCA 07:23 06:59 (−24)
10-09CMH 06:00DCA 07:23 06:56 (−27)
10-08CMH 06:00 06:10 (+10)DCA 07:23 06:57 (−26)
10-07CMH 06:00DCA 07:23 06:52 (−31)
10-06CMH 06:00DCA 07:23 06:55 (−28)
10-05CMH 06:00 06:24 (+24)DCA 07:23 07:17 (−6)
10-04CMH 06:10 06:38 (+28)DCA 07:39 07:32 (−7)
10-03CMH 06:10DCA 07:39 07:13 (−26)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N330JT, N223NN, N203NN, N211NN.

Board clocks recorded as CMH and DCA published them.

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