OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Cincinnati to Washington

388 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on CVG–IAD arrive on time 86% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate86%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay25 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.0%of scheduled flights

based on 485 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Republic Airways
    On-time86%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel1.0%
    Flights485

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline17%
  • Weather9%
  • Air traffic (NAS)26%
  • Late aircraft48%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather20%
  • Air traffic (NAS)80%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS). Shares are among 5 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 CVG → IAD

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

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 83% to 92% on time.

  • Middays92% on time · p90 5 min · 921 flights
  • Mornings91% on time · p90 5 min · 133 flights · limited
  • Evenings83% on time · p90 25 min · 180 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 84% to 94% on time.

  • Wednesdays94% on time · p90 5 min · 188 flights · limited
  • Thursdays92% on time · p90 10 min · 193 flights · limited
  • Saturdays91% on time · p90 10 min · 165 flights · limited
  • Tuesdays90% on time · p90 10 min · 168 flights · limited
  • Fridays87% on time · p90 25 min · 207 flights
  • Mondays87% on time · p90 15 min · 192 flights · limited
  • Sundays84% on time · p90 40 min · 201 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.