VPS to DCA flight delays
Valparaiso, FL (VPS) Washington, VA (DCA) · 789 miles
378 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
73.48%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
3.44%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
92 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
25 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
Which airline you fly changes the odds here. PSA Airlines arrived on time 12 points more often than American 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 August it ran 60.2 points more punctual than in June — 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.
Cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth pricing here: 3.44% 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 route has been getting worse. The later months run 21.2 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, PSA Airlines arrived on time most often on VPS to DCA. American Airlines was late most often. Flights ran closest to schedule in August and worst in June.
Every airline on VPS 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 | 191 | 79.12% | 4.71% | 100 min | D |
| American Airlines | 150 | 67.12% | 0.67% | 94 min | D |
| Republic Airways | 37 | 70.59% | 8.11% | 55 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
The return leg
DCA to VPS Washington back to Valparaiso 76.88% on time DOther routes from Valparaiso
Common questions
Are flights from Valparaiso to Washington usually delayed?
73.48% of flights on the VPS 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 Valparaiso to Washington?
PSA Airlines, at 79.12% on time across 191 flights. The least punctual on the route was American Airlines at 67.12%.
How often are VPS to DCA flights cancelled?
3.44% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 34 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Valparaiso to Washington?
August, when 91.2% of flights arrived on time. The worst was June at 31%.
When VPS to DCA flights are late, how late are they?
About 92 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 VPS 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 →