OnTimeStats

Airport on-time performance

DCA

Washington

Data through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
On-time rate70%flights departing here that arrived on time
Median delayon timetypical departure delay
p90 delay60 min1 in 10 departures is worsetail risk
Cancelled3.9%of scheduled departures
Left the gate on time75%departures that pushed back within 15 min of schedule (DepDel15)

based on 142,506 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

As a connection hub

Arriving here (inbound performance)

These figures reflect inbound flights arriving at this airport — relevant for connections and layovers.

69%arrived on time here
(within 15 min, inbound flights)
  • On time69%
  • 15–59 min late16%
  • 1–2 hr late6%
  • 2 hr+ late5%
  • Cancelled or diverted4%

Arrival outcomes for inbound flights. Last segment = cancelled or diverted.

Bad day: 1 in 10 flights arrives more than 65 min late.

By airline

Carriers departing here (last 12 months)

Delay = arrival delay (ArrDel15-based)

  • United Airlinesbest
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel1.6%
    Flights6,908
  • Frontier Airlines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel0.9%
    Flights1,025
  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time76%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel2.0%
    Flights9,164
  • Republic Airways
    On-time74%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel4.1%
    Flights22,552
  • American Airlines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel2.4%
    Flights26,194
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel3.3%
    Flights30
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel1.8%
    Flights15,342
  • Alaska Airlines
    On-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights1,865
  • Envoy Air
    On-time71%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel5.4%
    Flights2,136
  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time69%
    Medianon time
    p9080 min
    Cancel2.4%
    Flights6,656
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time62%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel6.5%
    Flights38,190

Over time

Departure on-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

Where flights go

Busiest routes

DCA → BOS→DCA → LGA→DCA → ORD→DCA → ATL→DCA → DFW→DCA → MIA→DCA → CLT→DCA → MCO→DCA → DTW→DCA → IAH→
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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.