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Airport month · August 2023
Ronald Reagan Washington National in August 2023
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 11,912 domestic departures from Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA). 78.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.2% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so DCA departures were 2.1 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at DCA that month were on time 77.6% of the time (11,913 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 22%.
- On time 78.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.4%
- Cancelled 2.0%
- Diverted 0.3%
August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2023 | Year earlier | DCA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 78.8% | — | 70.9% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 78.2% | — | 70.1% | 76.9% |
| Cancelled | 2.0% | — | 3.6% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.2 min | — | 21.2 min | 17.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 397 | — | 390 | 20,100 |
| Scheduled departures | 11,912 | — | 142,173 | 602,987 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH PSA Airlines | 3,309 | 28% | 79.2% | 3.7 min | 2.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 2,525 | 21% | 76.0% | 7.9 min | 2.3% |
| YX Republic Airline | 1,953 | 16% | 85.4% | -5.0 min | 1.5% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,425 | 12% | 76.4% | 7.8 min | 2.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 714 | 6% | 64.8% | 22.4 min | 3.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 697 | 6% | 76.6% | 9.0 min | 2.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 492 | 4% | 79.9% | 11.3 min | 2.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 304 | 3% | 80.3% | 1.9 min | 1.3% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 205 | 2% | 82.9% | -0.3 min | 1.5% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 155 | 1% | 76.8% | 2.0 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 93 | 1% | 76.3% | 9.9 min | 3.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 40 | 0% | 75.0% | 37.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCA–BOS | Washington to Boston | 761 | 73.9% | 7.2 min | 1.7% |
| DCA–ATL | Washington to Atlanta | 600 | 75.0% | 10.9 min | 2.0% |
| DCA–ORD | Washington to Chicago | 538 | 79.4% | 8.3 min | 2.6% |
| DCA–LGA | Washington to New York | 423 | 80.9% | 3.4 min | 1.4% |
| DCA–MCO | Washington to Orlando | 339 | 72.6% | 21.7 min | 2.7% |
| DCA–DFW | Washington to Dallas/Fort Worth | 277 | 77.6% | 3.0 min | 1.4% |
| DCA–MIA | Washington to Miami | 271 | 67.9% | 17.6 min | 2.2% |
| DCA–BNA | Washington to Nashville | 270 | 80.7% | 5.0 min | 1.5% |
| DCA–CLT | Washington to Charlotte | 244 | 75.4% | 10.3 min | 2.0% |
| DCA–RDU | Washington to Raleigh/Durham | 241 | 81.7% | 3.3 min | 1.2% |
| DCA–DTW | Washington to Detroit | 240 | 77.9% | 3.8 min | 2.9% |
| DCA–PVD | Washington to Providence | 231 | 81.8% | 1.0 min | 1.7% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DCA on time in August 2023?
78.8% of 11,912 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for DCA · methodology · corrections.