AA1178: Washington to Miami
American Airlines flight AA1178 flies from Washington (DCA) to Miami (MIA), 1,484 km. Over August 2025 to July 2026 it usually arrives about 2 minutes late: 85% of 315 flights arrived within 15 minutes of schedule and 1.3% were cancelled (US Department of Transportation data).
On-time record, last 12 months
Every operation of AA1178, August 2025 to July 2026: 315 flights. Source: US Bureau of Transportation Statistics, public domain.
Routes flown as AA1178
- Washington (DCA) to Miami (MIA)181 flights
- Los Angeles (LAX) to Chicago O'Hare (ORD)90 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Seattle Tacoma (SEA)22 flights
- Reno Tahoe (RNO) to Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX)17 flights
- Washington (DCA) to Nashville (BNA)4 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Chicago O'Hare (ORD)1 flights
Other flights from Washington to Miami
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Questions and answers
- Is AA1178 usually on time?
- 85% of American Airlines flight AA1178's 315 flights from August 2025 to July 2026 arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, 7.9 points above the US average of 77.6%. It arrived about 2 minutes late on average.
- How often is AA1178 cancelled or badly delayed?
- 1.3% of AA1178's scheduled flights were cancelled from August 2025 to July 2026 (4 of 315), and 9% of the flights that operated arrived more than 30 minutes late.
- What route does AA1178 fly?
- AA1178 most often flies from Washington (DCA) to Miami (MIA), 1,484 km (181 flights in the period). The same flight number also flew Los Angeles (LAX) to Chicago O'Hare (ORD), Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Seattle Tacoma (SEA), Reno Tahoe (RNO) to Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX).
- Where do these AA1178 figures come from?
- From the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) on-time records, which cover every domestic flight by the larger US airlines. The figures cover August 2025 to July 2026 and are updated each month when new BTS data is published, about two months after the month ends. See how TripStow measures punctuality.
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