OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Washington to Burlington

437 miData through Dec 2025Source: 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)
Cancelled4.0%of scheduled flights

based on 1,205 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • Republic Airwaysbest
    On-time86%
    Medianon time
    p9025 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights58
  • American Airlines
    On-time72%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel2.4%
    Flights170
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time65%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel4.5%
    Flights977

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline26%
  • Weather5%
  • Air traffic (NAS)11%
  • Late aircraft58%
  • Security1%

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 → BTV

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 69% to 80% on time.

  • Middays80% on time · p90 35 min · 1,527 flights
  • Afternoons78% on time · p90 40 min · 1,051 flights
  • Mornings76% on time · p90 40 min · 185 flights · limited
  • Evenings70% on time · p90 55 min · 142 flights · limited
  • Overnights69% on time · p90 60 min · 997 flights

Best day of week

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

  • Saturdays83% on time · p90 45 min · 419 flights
  • Sundays78% on time · p90 40 min · 584 flights
  • Wednesdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 580 flights
  • Tuesdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 581 flights
  • Mondays75% on time · p90 45 min · 586 flights
  • Thursdays73% on time · p90 45 min · 575 flights
  • Fridays72% on time · p90 50 min · 577 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.