BGR to DCA flight delays
Bangor, ME (BGR) Washington, VA (DCA) · 590 miles
1,111 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
69.5%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
5.58%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
105 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: 5.58% 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 October it ran 23.4 points more punctual than in January — 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. BGR as a whole runs 9.3 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 Bangor 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, American Airlines arrived on time most often on BGR to DCA. PSA Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in January.
Every airline on BGR 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 | 778 | 67.87% | 6.81% | 115 min | F |
| American Airlines | 232 | 69.91% | 2.59% | 83 min | D |
| Republic Airways | 93 | 84.62% | 2.15% | 60 min | — |
| Envoy Air | 8 | 28.57% | 12.5% | 60 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
DCA to BGR Washington back to Bangor 69.25% on time FCommon questions
Are flights from Bangor to Washington usually delayed?
69.5% of flights on the BGR 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 airline is most on time from Bangor to Washington?
American Airlines, at 69.91% on time across 232 flights. The least punctual on the route was PSA Airlines at 67.87%.
How often are BGR to DCA flights cancelled?
5.58% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 56 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Bangor to Washington?
October, when 80.2% of flights arrived on time. The worst was January at 56.8%.
When BGR to DCA flights are late, how late are they?
About 105 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 BGR 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 →