BHM to DCA flight delays
Birmingham, AL (BHM) Washington, VA (DCA) · 653 miles
1,044 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
76.44%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
5.08%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
102 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
25 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: 5.08% 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 August it ran 20.1 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.
The two directions do not behave alike. DCA to BHM arrives on time 5.4 points less often than the outbound. Delay accumulates through the flying day, so whichever direction is scheduled later tends to carry the worse record — which is an argument for booking the morning departure if the choice exists.
Only PSA Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, PSA Airlines arrived on time most often on BHM to DCA. Flights ran closest to schedule in August and worst in February.
Every airline on BHM 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 | 950 | 75.5% | 5.26% | 105 min | D |
| Republic Airways | 94 | 85.71% | 3.19% | 54 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
DCA to BHM Washington back to Birmingham 71.01% on time FOther routes from Birmingham
Common questions
Are flights from Birmingham to Washington usually delayed?
76.44% of flights on the BHM to DCA route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Birmingham to Washington?
Only PSA Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 950 flights and 75.5% arriving on time.
How often are BHM to DCA flights cancelled?
5.08% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 51 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Birmingham to Washington?
August, when 88% of flights arrived on time. The worst was February at 67.9%.
When BHM 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 BHM 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 →