DCA to CAK flight delays
Washington, VA (DCA) Akron, OH (CAK) · 274 miles
683 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
56.17%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
4.98%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
97 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
44 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: 4.98% 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 47.3 points more punctual than in June — 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 Washington to Akron miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
The two directions do not behave alike. CAK to DCA arrives on time 14 points more 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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over July 2024 – July 2026, PSA Airlines arrived on time most often on DCA to CAK. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in June.
Every airline on DCA to CAK
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 | 683 | 56.17% | 4.98% | 97 min | F |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
CAK to DCA Akron back to Washington 70.2% on time FOther routes from Washington
Common questions
Are flights from Washington to Akron usually delayed?
56.17% of flights on the DCA to CAK 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 Washington to Akron?
Only PSA Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 683 flights and 56.17% arriving on time.
How often are DCA to CAK flights cancelled?
4.98% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 50 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Washington to Akron?
October, when 80.6% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 33.3%.
When DCA to CAK flights are late, how late are they?
About 97 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 DCA to CAK during July 2024 – July 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 →