Historical on-time performance
Washington to Valparaiso
789 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DCA–VPS arrive on time 58% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate58%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay75 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled9.9%of scheduled flights
based on 191 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- American AirlinesbestOn-time82%Medianon timep9025 minCancel1.6%Flights61
- PSA AirlinesOn-time47%Medianon timep90120 minCancel13.8%Flights130
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline17%
- Weather2%
- Air traffic (NAS)19%
- Late aircraft62%
- 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 → VPS
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 54% to 79% on time.
- Mornings79% on time · p90 30 min · 782 flights
- Middays76% on time · p90 55 min · 266 flights
- Evenings54% on time · p90 100 min · 122 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 69% to 79% on time.
- Sundays79% on time · p90 35 min · 167 flights · limited
- Saturdays78% on time · p90 45 min · 210 flights
- Mondays77% on time · p90 40 min · 167 flights · limited
- Fridays77% on time · p90 50 min · 165 flights · limited
- Tuesdays73% on time · p90 50 min · 165 flights · limited
- Thursdays70% on time · p90 55 min · 166 flights · limited
- Wednesdays69% on time · p90 55 min · 166 flights · limited
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