DCA to PVD flight delays
Washington, VA (DCA) Providence, RI (PVD) · 356 miles
215 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
72.91%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
5.58%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
71 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
20 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: 5.58% 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.
This is a thin route — 215 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Flights from Washington to Providence run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Every airline on DCA to PVD
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 | 88 | 65.85% | 6.82% | 72 min | — |
| Southwest Airlines | 56 | 78.18% | 1.79% | 71 min | — |
| Republic Airways | 41 | 83.78% | 9.76% | 64 min | — |
| Envoy Air | 30 | 68.97% | 3.33% | 74 min | — |
The return leg
PVD to DCA Providence back to Washington 71.36% on time FOther routes from Washington
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on DCA to PVD during March 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 →