Historical on-time performance
Newark to Washington
199 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on EWR–DCA arrive on time 69% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate69%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled4.7%of scheduled flights
based on 317 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
- Republic AirwaysOn-time69%Medianon timep9045 minCancel4.7%Flights317
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline19%
- Weather1%
- Air traffic (NAS)44%
- Late aircraft36%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly EWR → DCA
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 89% on time.
- Mornings89% on time · p90 10 min · 454 flights
- Middays87% on time · p90 15 min · 294 flights
- Evenings77% on time · p90 40 min · 105 flights · limited
- Afternoons71% on time · p90 40 min · 297 flights
- Overnights69% on time · p90 40 min · 191 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 74% to 87% on time.
- Saturdays87% on time · p90 15 min · 138 flights · limited
- Wednesdays84% on time · p90 20 min · 192 flights · limited
- Mondays82% on time · p90 15 min · 207 flights
- Tuesdays81% on time · p90 25 min · 196 flights · limited
- Thursdays81% on time · p90 35 min · 195 flights · limited
- Fridays79% on time · p90 30 min · 199 flights · limited
- Sundays74% on time · p90 35 min · 214 flights
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