Historical on-time performance
Washington to Bentonville
963 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on DCA–XNA arrive on time 70% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate70%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay55 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled7.4%of scheduled flights
based on 215 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Envoy AirOn-time70%Medianon timep9055 minCancel7.4%Flights215
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline53%
- Weather1%
- Air traffic (NAS)6%
- Late aircraft41%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly DCA → XNA
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 69% to 78% on time.
- Overnights78% on time · p90 35 min · 72 flights · limited
- Evenings69% on time · p90 60 min · 958 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 66% to 77% on time.
- Tuesdays77% on time · p90 40 min · 160 flights · limited
- Saturdays77% on time · p90 45 min · 125 flights · limited
- Wednesdays73% on time · p90 55 min · 160 flights · limited
- Fridays69% on time · p90 60 min · 161 flights · limited
- Thursdays69% on time · p90 75 min · 156 flights · limited
- Mondays66% on time · p90 55 min · 162 flights · limited
- Sundays66% on time · p90 100 min · 162 flights · limited
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