AVL to DCA flight delays
Asheville, NC (AVL) Washington, VA (DCA) · 384 miles
522 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
61.89%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
6.13%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
68 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
27 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: 6.13% 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 September it ran 33 points more punctual than in February — 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 is a late route. Flights from Asheville to Washington miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
This route does worse than its own airport. AVL as a whole runs 16.9 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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, PSA Airlines arrived on time most often on AVL to DCA. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in February.
Every airline on AVL 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 | 478 | 60.94% | 5.86% | 68 min | F |
| Republic Airways | 38 | 70.59% | 10.53% | 67 min | — |
| Envoy Air | 6 | 83.33% | 0% | 29 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
DCA to AVL Washington back to Asheville 70.68% on time FOther routes from Asheville
Common questions
Are flights from Asheville to Washington usually delayed?
61.89% of flights on the AVL to DCA route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 4 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Asheville to Washington?
Only PSA Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 478 flights and 60.94% arriving on time.
How often are AVL to DCA flights cancelled?
6.13% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 61 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Asheville to Washington?
September, when 73.7% of flights arrived on time. The worst was February at 40.7%.
When AVL to DCA flights are late, how late are they?
About 68 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 AVL 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 →