OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Washington to Burlington

437 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DCA–BTV arrive on time 67% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate67%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay65 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.7%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-time80%
    Medianon time
    p9010 min
    Cancel13.3%
    Flights30
  • American Airlines
    On-time70%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel3.4%
    Flights116
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time67%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel3.4%
    Flights851

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline29%
  • Weather5%
  • Air traffic (NAS)11%
  • Late aircraft55%
  • Security1%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline8%
  • Weather76%
  • Air traffic (NAS)16%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 37 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 DCA → BTV

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 67% to 79% on time.

  • Middays79% on time · p90 40 min · 1,496 flights
  • Mornings76% on time · p90 40 min · 204 flights
  • Afternoons76% on time · p90 45 min · 1,052 flights
  • Evenings71% on time · p90 55 min · 150 flights · limited
  • Overnights67% on time · p90 65 min · 1,007 flights

Best day of week

Saturdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 83% on time.

  • Saturdays83% on time · p90 45 min · 432 flights
  • Sundays77% on time · p90 45 min · 585 flights
  • Tuesdays76% on time · p90 45 min · 571 flights
  • Wednesdays75% on time · p90 55 min · 578 flights
  • Mondays73% on time · p90 45 min · 583 flights
  • Thursdays71% on time · p90 60 min · 579 flights
  • Fridays69% on time · p90 55 min · 581 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.