Historical on-time performance
West Palm Beach to Washington
857 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on PBI–DCA arrive on time 67% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate67%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay75 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.7%of scheduled flights
based on 1,673 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.
- American AirlinesOn-time69%Medianon timep9075 minCancel1.7%Flights892
- Republic AirwaysOn-time77%Medianon timep9020 minCancel5.1%Flights79
- JetBlue AirwaysOn-time64%Medianon timep9075 minCancel1.4%Flights702
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline29%
- Weather2%
- Air traffic (NAS)20%
- Late aircraft48%
- 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 PBI → DCA
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 86% on time.
- Mornings86% on time · p90 15 min · 289 flights
- Middays77% on time · p90 40 min · 2,654 flights
- Overnights69% on time · p90 65 min · 128 flights · limited
- Evenings63% on time · p90 85 min · 1,317 flights
- Afternoons62% on time · p90 90 min · 721 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 66% to 80% on time.
- Saturdays80% on time · p90 45 min · 707 flights
- Tuesdays78% on time · p90 40 min · 707 flights
- Wednesdays74% on time · p90 50 min · 690 flights
- Mondays70% on time · p90 60 min · 751 flights
- Thursdays70% on time · p90 75 min · 738 flights
- Sundays67% on time · p90 80 min · 759 flights
- Fridays66% on time · p90 75 min · 757 flights
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