OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Washington to Jacksonville

634 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DCA–JAX arrive on time 71% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate71%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay65 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled2.4%of scheduled flights

based on 1,295 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • Republic Airways
    On-time90%
    Medianon time
    p905 min
    Cancel6.7%
    Flights30
  • PSA Airlines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9085 min
    Cancel2.1%
    Flights233
  • American Airlines
    On-time69%
    Medianon time
    p9065 min
    Cancel2.3%
    Flights1,032

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline23%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)12%
  • Late aircraft62%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline6%
  • Weather90%
  • Air traffic (NAS)3%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 31 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 → JAX

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 — 86% on time.

  • Mornings86% on time · p90 20 min · 1,383 flights
  • Middays75% on time · p90 55 min · 1,228 flights
  • Afternoons73% on time · p90 50 min · 912 flights
  • Overnights66% on time · p90 85 min · 783 flights
  • Evenings63% on time · p90 75 min · 208 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 71% to 82% on time.

  • Saturdays82% on time · p90 40 min · 525 flights
  • Tuesdays79% on time · p90 45 min · 666 flights
  • Thursdays78% on time · p90 45 min · 664 flights
  • Wednesdays76% on time · p90 45 min · 664 flights
  • Fridays74% on time · p90 55 min · 670 flights
  • Mondays73% on time · p90 55 min · 667 flights
  • Sundays71% on time · p90 70 min · 658 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.