OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Nantucket to Washington

405 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ACK–DCA arrive on time 71% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate71%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled5.4%of scheduled flights

based on 224 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • JetBlue Airways
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights92
  • Republic Airways
    On-time66%
    Medianon time
    p9035 min
    Cancel8.3%
    Flights132

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline8%
  • Weather0%
  • Air traffic (NAS)60%
  • Late aircraft31%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather67%
  • Air traffic (NAS)33%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 12 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly ACK → DCA

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Middays are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 76% on time.

  • Middays76% on time · p90 45 min · 628 flights
  • Evenings58% on time · p90 65 min · 200 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 58% to 77% on time.

  • Mondays77% on time · p90 40 min · 122 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays77% on time · p90 30 min · 107 flights · limited
  • Thursdays76% on time · p90 35 min · 118 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays76% on time · p90 60 min · 111 flights · limited
  • Fridays70% on time · p90 60 min · 121 flights · limited
  • Saturdays66% on time · p90 50 min · 154 flights · limited
  • Sundays58% on time · p90 75 min · 125 flights · limited

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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.