OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Washington to Phoenix

1,979 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DCA–PHX arrive on time 82% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate82%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.3%of scheduled flights

based on 1,084 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • American Airlines
    On-time82%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel1.3%
    Flights1,084

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline32%
  • Weather5%
  • Air traffic (NAS)14%
  • Late aircraft49%
  • Security0%

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 → PHX

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 80% to 88% on time.

  • Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 1,094 flights
  • Middays86% on time · p90 20 min · 1,096 flights
  • Afternoons83% on time · p90 30 min · 53 flights · limited
  • Evenings80% on time · p90 30 min · 1,027 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 82% to 86% on time.

  • Saturdays86% on time · p90 20 min · 466 flights
  • Sundays86% on time · p90 20 min · 470 flights
  • Mondays85% on time · p90 20 min · 469 flights
  • Thursdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 465 flights
  • Tuesdays84% on time · p90 25 min · 469 flights
  • Fridays84% on time · p90 25 min · 465 flights
  • Wednesdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 466 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.