OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Washington to Greensboro

248 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DCA–GSO arrive on time 60% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate60%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay95 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled6.2%of scheduled flights

based on 453 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.

  • PSA Airlines
    On-time62%
    Medianon time
    p9090 min
    Cancel4.7%
    Flights407
  • Envoy Air
    On-time43%
    Median10 min
    p90220 min
    Cancel19.6%
    Flights46

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline31%
  • Weather14%
  • Air traffic (NAS)10%
  • Late aircraft45%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline4%
  • Weather57%
  • Air traffic (NAS)39%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 28 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 → GSO

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 — 85% on time.

  • Mornings85% on time · p90 15 min · 685 flights
  • Middays78% on time · p90 55 min · 232 flights
  • Evenings72% on time · p90 65 min · 335 flights
  • Afternoons66% on time · p90 75 min · 381 flights
  • Overnights59% on time · p90 90 min · 786 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 65% to 81% on time.

  • Saturdays81% on time · p90 35 min · 258 flights
  • Tuesdays74% on time · p90 50 min · 369 flights
  • Mondays73% on time · p90 75 min · 369 flights
  • Thursdays70% on time · p90 80 min · 362 flights
  • Wednesdays70% on time · p90 70 min · 368 flights
  • Sundays67% on time · p90 75 min · 329 flights
  • Fridays65% on time · p90 70 min · 364 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.