OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Savannah to Washington

519 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on SAV–DCA arrive on time 73% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate73%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay70 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled4.8%of scheduled flights

based on 977 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

  • PSA Airlines
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel4.8%
    Flights977

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline36%
  • Weather14%
  • Air traffic (NAS)11%
  • Late aircraft39%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline11%
  • Weather74%
  • Air traffic (NAS)13%
  • Security2%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 47 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly SAV → DCA

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 43% to 81% on time.

  • Middays81% on time · p90 35 min · 1,081 flights
  • Mornings80% on time · p90 25 min · 1,095 flights
  • Afternoons72% on time · p90 70 min · 325 flights
  • Evenings43% on time · p90 110 min · 347 flights

Best day of week

Saturdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 82% on time.

  • Saturdays82% on time · p90 30 min · 381 flights
  • Sundays75% on time · p90 65 min · 416 flights
  • Mondays74% on time · p90 60 min · 411 flights
  • Wednesdays74% on time · p90 45 min · 409 flights
  • Thursdays74% on time · p90 65 min · 407 flights
  • Tuesdays73% on time · p90 65 min · 411 flights
  • Fridays72% on time · p90 65 min · 413 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.