DCA to TLH flight delays
Washington, VA (DCA) Tallahassee, FL (TLH) · 716 miles
728 flights · July 2024 – July 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
65.63%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
7.42%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
88 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: 7.42% 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 49.6 points more punctual than in February — 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 two directions do not behave alike. TLH to DCA arrives on time 17.6 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.
This is a late route. Flights from Washington to Tallahassee 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 July 2024 – July 2026, PSA Airlines arrived on time most often on DCA to TLH. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in July.
Every airline on DCA to TLH
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 | 615 | 65.12% | 8.29% | 87 min | F |
| Envoy Air | 83 | 70% | 3.61% | 98 min | — |
| Republic Airways | 30 | 63.33% | 0% | 81 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
TLH to DCA Tallahassee back to Washington 83.21% on time COther routes from Washington
Common questions
Are flights from Washington to Tallahassee usually delayed?
65.63% of flights on the DCA to TLH 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 Tallahassee?
Only PSA Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 615 flights and 65.12% arriving on time.
How often are DCA to TLH flights cancelled?
7.42% 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 Washington to Tallahassee?
October, when 87.1% of flights arrived on time. The worst was February at 37.5%.
When DCA to TLH flights are late, how late are they?
About 88 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 TLH 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 →