AA5438American Airlines · DCA → PVD
live · 28m ago
Route confirmed American Airlines

AA5438 WashingtonDCA · 06:59 Providence/WarwickPVD · 08:33

AA5438 by American Airlines flies from Washington (DCA) to Providence/Warwick (PVD) for the Mon, Nov 9 departure.

Right nowEn route to Providence/Warwick · off blocks 07:16 · 17 min late
En route

en route from DCA to PVD

En routeAA5438 · position estimated
DCAWashingtonPVDProvidence/Warwick
Estimated from the boards

Board estimate · gate and arrival times. Off blocks 07:16 · typical taxi-out at DCA ≈ 7.3 min.

Typical gate push+21 minmedian posted departure
Typical arrival−17 minmedian over 6 operations
Wins back in air~38 minmedian gate push vs arrival · how planes make up time →

Where the minutes go

last 6 operations · gate push → arrival
0+65+131+196 min
11-09
+17 gate · −17 arrival
10-30
+9 gate · −29 arrival
10-29
+24 gate · −12 arrival
10-28
+31 gate · −6 arrival
10-27
+196 gate · −27 arrival
10-26
+17 gate · −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 −17 min · 0 cancelled · 6 operations tracked

The route today

live boards
DCAWashingtonOn-time likelyDCA delay board →
PVDProvidence/WarwickOn-time likelyPVD delay board →
DCA→PVDevery carrier, schedules and on-time historyRoute intelligence →

Weather lens

Delay & cancellation outlook for this flight

Measured, 90-day sample
39%Chance of 15+ min delay
2.0%Chance of cancellation
+8 minTypical airport delay in this weather

Conditions at DCA and PVD are near their clear-air norm right now, so this reflects the route's recent baseline rather than a weather penalty. 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 DCA

Forecast

Tue 10 Nov, local date

High20°Clikely 18°C to 22°C
Low6°Clikely 5°C to 8°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 PVD

Forecast

Tue 10 Nov, local date

High14°Clikely 13°C to 16°C
Low6°Clikely 4°C to 8°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 Washington to Providence/Warwick flights today

same route · American Airlines
AA5613departs 06:35
AA5363departs 09:11
AA3166departs 12:35
AA5529departs 14:39
AA4149departs 14:42
AA5300departs 14:50

If AA5438 is cancelled, these are the other American Airlines nonstop flights from Washington to Providence/Warwick on the same day, with scheduled departure times in DCA 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 AA5438 actually runs

Pro Flight Search has tracked every published board update for AA5438 across the DCA and PVD boards: schedule changes, gate pushes and actual clocks. Usually lands on time. Based on 6 confirmed landings · 6/6 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 AA5438 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
11-09DCA 06:59 07:16 (+17)PVD 08:33 08:16 (−17)
10-30DCA 06:59 07:08 (+9)PVD 08:33 08:04 (−29)
10-29DCA 06:59 07:23 (+24)PVD 08:33 08:21 (−12)
10-28DCA 06:59 07:30 (+31)PVD 08:33 08:27 (−6)
10-27DCA 07:43 10:59 (+196)PVD 08:33 08:06 (−27)
10-26DCA 06:59 07:16 (+17)PVD 08:33 08:16 (−17)

Aircraft

Recent tails: N521AE, N501BG, N514AE, N510AE.

Board clocks recorded as DCA and PVD published them.

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