Ronald Reagan Washington National in October 2023

87.0%departed on time

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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 12,110 domestic departures from Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA). 87.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.0% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so DCA departures were 3.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DCA that month were on time 86.1% of the time (12,109 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 87.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.8%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from DCA in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	DCA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	87.0%	—	70.9%	83.8%
Arrived on time	87.0%	—	70.1%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	3.6%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.0 min	—	21.2 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	404	—	390	19,966
Scheduled departures	12,110	—	142,173	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	3,218	27%	86.1%	-3.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	2,454	20%	82.5%	0.0 min	0.2%
YX Republic Airline	2,251	19%	94.7%	-10.9 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,355	11%	83.1%	1.9 min	0.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways	788	7%	81.9%	2.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	689	6%	91.6%	-6.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	537	4%	90.3%	-4.9 min	0.2%
MQ Envoy Air	396	3%	87.4%	-4.7 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	172	1%	94.8%	-18.9 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	155	1%	88.4%	-8.6 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	92	1%	80.4%	12.9 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	3	0%	100.0%	-7.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DCA–BOS	Washington to Boston	799	86.0%	-1.7 min	0.0%
DCA–ATL	Washington to Atlanta	593	91.2%	-5.6 min	0.0%
DCA–ORD	Washington to Chicago	517	89.9%	-7.3 min	0.2%
DCA–LGA	Washington to New York	426	89.0%	-5.4 min	0.0%
DCA–MCO	Washington to Orlando	367	87.7%	-2.0 min	0.0%
DCA–BNA	Washington to Nashville	360	88.3%	-6.3 min	0.0%
DCA–MIA	Washington to Miami	299	83.6%	-6.7 min	0.0%
DCA–CLT	Washington to Charlotte	280	86.1%	1.3 min	0.0%
DCA–DFW	Washington to Dallas/Fort Worth	278	82.7%	4.1 min	1.1%
DCA–JFK	Washington to New York	263	85.2%	-2.7 min	0.0%
DCA–RDU	Washington to Raleigh/Durham	261	90.8%	-11.1 min	0.0%
DCA–DTW	Washington to Detroit	233	92.3%	-9.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	36.0%	41.3%	34,344
Late-arriving aircraft	46.4%	40.5%	44,325
National Aviation System	16.5%	14.4%	15,758
Extreme weather	0.9%	3.7%	882
Security	0.1%	0.2%	123

95,432 delay minutes on 1,553 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left DCA on time in October 2023?

87.0% of 12,110 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.