ECP to DCA flight delays
Panama City, FL (ECP) Washington, VA (DCA) · 769 miles
386 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
72.73%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
5.7%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
115 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
32 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: 5.7% 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.
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. Republic Airways arrived on time 11.7 points more often than PSA Airlines over the same period on the same route — same airports, same weather, same air traffic control. A gap that survives all of that is about how the two airlines are run.
The season swings this route hard. In September it ran 25.7 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 8.3 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.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, Republic Airways arrived on time most often on ECP to DCA. PSA Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in September and worst in March.
Every airline on ECP to DCA
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 | 246 | 69.47% | 7.72% | 100 min | F |
| Republic Airways | 118 | 81.2% | 0.85% | 166 min | B |
| Envoy Air | 22 | 60% | 9.09% | 105 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
DCA to ECP Washington back to Panama City 75.54% on time DOther routes from Panama City
Common questions
Are flights from Panama City to Washington usually delayed?
72.73% of flights on the ECP to DCA 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 airline is most on time from Panama City to Washington?
Republic Airways, at 81.2% on time across 118 flights. The least punctual on the route was PSA Airlines at 69.47%.
How often are ECP to DCA flights cancelled?
5.7% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 57 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Panama City to Washington?
September, when 82.8% of flights arrived on time. The worst was March at 57.1%.
When ECP to DCA flights are late, how late are they?
About 115 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 ECP to DCA 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 →