OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Washington to White Plains

234 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DCA–HPN arrive on time 57% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate57%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay100 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled6.6%of scheduled flights

based on 1,368 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • PSA Airlines
    On-time57%
    Medianon time
    p90100 min
    Cancel6.6%
    Flights1,368

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline22%
  • Weather8%
  • Air traffic (NAS)14%
  • Late aircraft57%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline4%
  • Weather86%
  • Air traffic (NAS)10%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 90 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 → HPN

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 — 74% on time.

  • Mornings74% on time · p90 55 min · 965 flights
  • Middays67% on time · p90 70 min · 1,068 flights
  • Evenings60% on time · p90 105 min · 832 flights
  • Afternoons58% on time · p90 100 min · 749 flights
  • Overnights57% on time · p90 85 min · 422 flights

Best day of week

Saturdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 74% on time.

  • Saturdays74% on time · p90 55 min · 382 flights
  • Wednesdays67% on time · p90 80 min · 618 flights
  • Tuesdays66% on time · p90 85 min · 617 flights
  • Mondays63% on time · p90 90 min · 626 flights
  • Thursdays63% on time · p90 80 min · 619 flights
  • Fridays61% on time · p90 95 min · 629 flights
  • Sundays61% on time · p90 90 min · 545 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.