DCA to ICT flight delays
Washington, VA (DCA) Wichita, KS (ICT) · 1,110 miles
312 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
66.22%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
4.17%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
71 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: 4.17% 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 45.4 points more punctual than in March — 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 route has been getting worse. The later months run 24.8 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.
This is a late route. Flights from Washington to Wichita miss their scheduled arrival often enough that a tight connection at the far end is a connection at risk.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, PSA Airlines arrived on time most often on DCA to ICT. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in December.
Every airline on DCA to ICT
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 | 283 | 64.81% | 4.59% | 72 min | F |
| Republic Airways | 28 | 82.14% | 0% | 67 min | — |
| American Airlines | 1 | 0% | 0% | 20 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
ICT to DCA Wichita back to Washington 68.51% on time FOther routes from Washington
Common questions
Are flights from Washington to Wichita usually delayed?
66.22% of flights on the DCA to ICT 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 airlines fly from Washington to Wichita?
Only PSA Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 283 flights and 64.81% arriving on time.
How often are DCA to ICT flights cancelled?
4.17% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 42 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 Wichita?
October, when 88.9% of flights arrived on time. The worst was March at 43.5%.
When DCA to ICT flights are late, how late are they?
About 71 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 ICT 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 →