OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Burlington to Washington

437 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on BTV–DCA arrive on time 60% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate60%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay105 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled5.0%of scheduled flights

based on 997 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.

  • Republic Airways
    On-time70%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel10.0%
    Flights30
  • American Airlines
    On-time62%
    Median5 min
    p90105 min
    Cancel4.3%
    Flights116
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time60%
    Medianon time
    p90110 min
    Cancel4.9%
    Flights851

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline33%
  • Weather17%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Late aircraft34%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline8%
  • Weather80%
  • Air traffic (NAS)12%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 50 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 BTV → DCA

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

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 79% on time.

  • Mornings79% on time · p90 30 min · 1,079 flights
  • Middays70% on time · p90 70 min · 1,182 flights
  • Afternoons67% on time · p90 80 min · 520 flights
  • Evenings64% on time · p90 75 min · 1,127 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 67% to 75% on time.

  • Saturdays75% on time · p90 60 min · 438 flights
  • Tuesdays74% on time · p90 55 min · 571 flights
  • Sundays71% on time · p90 70 min · 578 flights
  • Mondays69% on time · p90 60 min · 583 flights
  • Wednesdays69% on time · p90 65 min · 578 flights
  • Thursdays67% on time · p90 70 min · 578 flights
  • Fridays67% on time · p90 65 min · 582 flights

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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.