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Washington (DCA) departure delays

11,953 departures · 100 routes · March 2025 – August 2026

71.86%

Left on time

Within 15 minutes of schedule

4.94%

Cancelled

Share of departures

88 min

When late, late by

Average delayed departure

#129

Rank

Among graded US airports

What the record says about DCA

Departures from Washington run late more often than average — enough that a tight connection at the far end deserves a second look.

The airlines flying from here are not equally affected. Republic Airways left on time 14.8 points more often than Southwest Airlines from the same airport — which is the clearest evidence available that a delayed departure is not purely the airport's fault.

With 40 routes in the record, DCA is a hub, and hubs carry a particular risk: a delay early in the day propagates through every aircraft that was due to fly on afterwards. Morning departures from a hub are reliably better than evening ones.

Which airlines run best out of DCA

Airline Departures On time
Republic Airways 2,116 77.7%
Delta Air Lines 831 76.6%
American Airlines 2,084 76.4%
Envoy Air 448 76.2%
JetBlue Airways 559 72.5%
United Airlines 631 71.5%
PSA Airlines 3,659 66.5%
Southwest Airlines 1,344 62.9%

Routes out of DCA

DCA → BOS Boston 757 flights · 76.62% on time D DCA → ORD Chicago 638 flights · 72.76% on time D DCA → ATL Atlanta 562 flights · 77.9% on time D DCA → LGA New York 412 flights · 72.16% on time D DCA → MCO Orlando 389 flights · 76.92% on time C DCA → BNA Nashville 366 flights · 74.21% on time D DCA → MIA Miami 326 flights · 78.44% on time C DCA → IAH Houston 280 flights · 71.86% on time D DCA → DFW Dallas/Fort Worth 270 flights · 77.65% on time C DCA → CLT Charlotte 240 flights · 73.08% on time D DCA → DTW Detroit 232 flights · 73.06% on time D DCA → MSP Minneapolis 224 flights · 70.95% on time D DCA → PVD Providence 215 flights · 72.91% on time D DCA → JFK New York 210 flights · 84.34% on time C DCA → STL St. Louis 198 flights · 65.97% on time D DCA → TPA Tampa 176 flights · 72.25% on time D DCA → MDW Chicago 176 flights · 73.37% on time D DCA → CMH Columbus 176 flights · 75% on time C DCA → IND Indianapolis 172 flights · 79.27% on time C DCA → FLL Fort Lauderdale 170 flights · 71.69% on time D DCA → MCI Kansas City 164 flights · 60.78% on time F DCA → RDU Raleigh/Durham 164 flights · 70.39% on time F DCA → BDL Hartford 159 flights · 76.03% on time F DCA → DAL Dallas 146 flights · 58.74% on time F DCA → CHS Charleston 146 flights · 65.71% on time F DCA → MSY New Orleans 142 flights · 69.4% on time F DCA → CLE Cleveland 133 flights · 66.96% on time F DCA → PIT Pittsburgh 129 flights · 67.77% on time F DCA → PBI West Palm Beach/Palm Beach 125 flights · 79.67% on time B DCA → LAX Los Angeles 120 flights · 63.25% on time D DCA → JAX Jacksonville 116 flights · 71.3% on time D DCA → MKE Milwaukee 116 flights · 74.31% on time D DCA → BGR Bangor 115 flights · 66.99% on time F DCA → ALB Albany 110 flights · 67% on time F DCA → DEN Denver 110 flights · 72.73% on time C DCA → MSN Madison 108 flights · 67.71% on time F DCA → HSV Huntsville 108 flights · 73.47% on time F DCA → HPN White Plains 106 flights · 63.16% on time F DCA → SAV Savannah 103 flights · 67.74% on time F DCA → PWM Portland 94 flights · 74.16% on time —