LGA to DCA flight delays
New York, NY (LGA) Washington, VA (DCA) · 214 miles
412 flights · March 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
71.76%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
4.61%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
51 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
16 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: 4.61% 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.
Only Republic Airways 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.
This is a thin route — 412 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 New York to Washington run late more often than the average route, though not severely.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over March 2025 – August 2026, Republic Airways arrived on time most often on LGA to DCA.
Every airline on LGA 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways | 382 | 73.28% | 4.97% | 47 min | D |
| Delta Air Lines | 30 | 53.33% | 0% | 84 min | — |
The return leg
DCA to LGA Washington back to New York 72.16% on time DOther routes from New York
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on LGA to DCA 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 →