DCA to TVC flight delays
Washington, VA (DCA) Traverse City, MI (TVC) · 599 miles
163 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
83.13%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
1.23%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
60 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
11 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The two directions do not behave alike. TVC to DCA arrives on time 12.3 points less 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 route does better than its own airport. Departures from DCA overall run 9.3 points less punctual than this particular one — so whatever congestion DCA has, this route is largely escaping it.
Only Envoy Air flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
Flights from Washington to Traverse City keep to schedule more reliably than most. On a route this punctual the day you fly matters more than the airline you pick.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Envoy Air arrived on time most often on DCA to TVC. Flights ran closest to schedule in October and worst in June.
Every airline on DCA to TVC
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envoy Air | 123 | 85.25% | 0% | 52 min | B |
| American Airlines | 20 | 80% | 0% | 41 min | — |
| PSA Airlines | 16 | 64.29% | 12.5% | 105 min | — |
| Republic Airways | 4 | 100% | 0% | — | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
TVC to DCA Traverse City back to Washington 70.78% on time FOther routes from Washington
Common questions
Are flights from Washington to Traverse City usually delayed?
83.13% of flights on the DCA to TVC route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is better than the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Washington to Traverse City?
Only Envoy Air appears in the published record on this route, with 123 flights and 85.25% arriving on time.
How often are DCA to TVC flights cancelled?
1.23% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 12 in every thousand. That is in the normal range.
When DCA to TVC flights are late, how late are they?
About 60 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 TVC 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 →