OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Washington to Panama City

769 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DCA–ECP arrive on time 74% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate74%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.2%of scheduled flights

based on 94 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-time93%
    Medianon time
    p9010 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights30
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time66%
    Medianon time
    p9060 min
    Cancel4.7%
    Flights64

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline20%
  • Weather11%
  • Air traffic (NAS)17%
  • Late aircraft53%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline33%
  • Weather33%
  • Air traffic (NAS)33%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 3 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 → ECP

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 — 81% on time.

  • Mornings81% on time · p90 20 min · 225 flights
  • Middays73% on time · p90 45 min · 580 flights
  • Afternoons68% on time · p90 65 min · 117 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 71% to 79% on time.

  • Tuesdays79% on time · p90 45 min · 123 flights · limited
  • Sundays79% on time · p90 35 min · 127 flights · limited
  • Wednesdays77% on time · p90 35 min · 123 flights · limited
  • Saturdays73% on time · p90 50 min · 175 flights · limited
  • Fridays72% on time · p90 35 min · 126 flights · limited
  • Mondays72% on time · p90 50 min · 124 flights · limited
  • Thursdays71% on time · p90 60 min · 124 flights · limited

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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.