ALB to DCA flight delays
Albany, NY (ALB) Washington, VA (DCA) · 318 miles
1,183 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
68.13%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
5.24%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
102 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
33 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 5.24% of scheduled flights never operated. A late flight still gets you there. A cancelled one leaves you rebooking, and on a route with few daily departures that can mean losing a day.
The season swings this route hard. In April it ran 24.5 points more punctual than in March — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
This route does worse than its own airport. ALB as a whole runs 12.8 points more punctual than these flights, which points at something specific to the route — the time of day it is scheduled, or the aircraft that feed it — rather than the airport.
Flights from Albany to Washington run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, PSA Airlines arrived on time most often on ALB to DCA. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in March.
Every airline on ALB to DCA
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PSA Airlines | 1,090 | 67.84% | 5.5% | 104 min | F |
| Republic Airways | 57 | 78.18% | 3.51% | 56 min | — |
| American Airlines | 36 | 61.11% | 0% | 80 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
DCA to ALB Washington back to Albany 67.57% on time FOther routes from Albany
Common questions
Are flights from Albany to Washington usually delayed?
68.13% of flights on the ALB to DCA route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 3 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Albany to Washington?
Only PSA Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 1,090 flights and 67.84% arriving on time.
How often are ALB to DCA flights cancelled?
5.24% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 52 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Albany to Washington?
April, when 81.3% of flights arrived on time. The worst was March at 56.8%.
When ALB to DCA flights are late, how late are they?
About 102 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on ALB to DCA during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →