DCA to HPN flight delays
Washington, VA (DCA) White Plains, NY (HPN) · 234 miles
1,362 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
62.53%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
6.17%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
82 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
31 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: 6.17% 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 35.7 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.
This is a late route. Flights from Washington to White Plains 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. DCA as a whole runs 11.3 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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, PSA Airlines arrived on time most often on DCA to HPN. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in December.
Every airline on DCA to HPN
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 | 1,362 | 62.53% | 6.17% | 82 min | F |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
HPN to DCA White Plains back to Washington 62.88% on time FOther routes from Washington
Common questions
Are flights from Washington to White Plains usually delayed?
62.53% of flights on the DCA to HPN 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 White Plains?
Only PSA Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 1,362 flights and 62.53% arriving on time.
How often are DCA to HPN flights cancelled?
6.17% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 62 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 White Plains?
October, when 76.3% of flights arrived on time. The worst was December at 40.6%.
When DCA to HPN flights are late, how late are they?
About 82 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 HPN 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 →