Historical on-time performance
Washington to Windsor Locks
313 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DCA–BDL arrive on time 66% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate66%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay70 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled4.1%of scheduled flights
based on 1,618 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.
- Envoy AirOn-time83%Medianon timep9015 minCancel3.3%Flights30
- Republic AirwaysOn-time76%Medianon timep9035 minCancel2.2%Flights135
- American AirlinesOn-time66%Medianon timep9065 minCancel3.3%Flights479
- PSA AirlinesOn-time64%Medianon timep9075 minCancel4.8%Flights974
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline26%
- Weather3%
- Air traffic (NAS)12%
- Late aircraft59%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly DCA → BDL
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 65% to 81% on time.
- Mornings81% on time · p90 25 min · 914 flights
- Middays80% on time · p90 35 min · 1,873 flights
- Afternoons75% on time · p90 50 min · 1,162 flights
- Overnights72% on time · p90 50 min · 1,006 flights
- Evenings65% on time · p90 75 min · 790 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 72% to 79% on time.
- Saturdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 530 flights
- Wednesdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 890 flights
- Tuesdays77% on time · p90 35 min · 897 flights
- Mondays77% on time · p90 50 min · 897 flights
- Thursdays77% on time · p90 50 min · 873 flights
- Fridays72% on time · p90 50 min · 881 flights
- Sundays72% on time · p90 60 min · 777 flights
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