CAK to DCA flight delays
Akron, OH (CAK) Washington, VA (DCA) · 274 miles
325 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
53%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
7.38%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
96 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
46 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: 7.38% 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 79 points more punctual than in December — 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.
Flights from Akron to Washington arrive late more often than they arrive on time. At this rate lateness is the normal outcome, not the exception, and the schedule is better read as an aspiration than a plan.
The route has been getting worse. The later months run 19.8 points less punctual than the earlier ones. A drift of that size is rarely weather; it is more often an airline adding frequencies faster than the airports can absorb them.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, PSA Airlines arrived on time most often on CAK to DCA. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in December.
Every airline on CAK 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 | 325 | 53% | 7.38% | 96 min | F |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
DCA to CAK Washington back to Akron 57.79% on time FOther routes from Akron
- CAK → ORD · Chicago F
- CAK → CLT · Charlotte C
- CAK → SRQ · Sarasota/Bradenton B
- CAK → SAV · Savannah C
- CAK → PGD · Punta Gorda D
- CAK → JAX · Jacksonville F
- CAK → SFB · Sanford C
- CAK → PIE · St. Petersburg F
- CAK → MYR · Myrtle Beach —
- CAK → FLL · Fort Lauderdale —
- CAK → VPS · Valparaiso —
- CAK → BNA · Nashville —
Common questions
Are flights from Akron to Washington usually delayed?
53% of flights on the CAK to DCA route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 5 in every ten arrived late. That is worse than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Akron to Washington?
Only PSA Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 325 flights and 53% arriving on time.
How often are CAK to DCA flights cancelled?
7.38% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 74 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Akron to Washington?
September, when 93.3% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 14.3%.
When CAK to DCA flights are late, how late are they?
About 96 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 CAK 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 →