Ronald Reagan Washington National in November 2023

87.2%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 11,353 domestic departures from Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA). 87.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.0% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so DCA departures were 1.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DCA that month were on time 87.0% of the time (11,354 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 88.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.8%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	DCA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	87.2%	—	70.9%	86.0%
Arrived on time	88.0%	—	70.1%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	3.6%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.4 min	—	21.2 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	378	—	390	18,793
Scheduled departures	11,353	—	142,173	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	3,107	27%	86.4%	-3.0 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	2,166	19%	86.4%	-2.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	2,038	18%	92.9%	-10.4 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,290	11%	84.8%	-1.3 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	752	7%	83.4%	1.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	726	6%	93.1%	-8.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	517	5%	93.2%	-7.4 min	0.2%
MQ Envoy Air	335	3%	88.7%	-5.5 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	170	1%	92.4%	-8.6 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	146	1%	80.1%	-2.7 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	89	1%	86.5%	-5.7 min	2.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	17	0%	88.2%	-7.1 min	5.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DCA–BOS	Washington to Boston	723	90.2%	-5.9 min	0.0%
DCA–ATL	Washington to Atlanta	562	91.5%	-6.8 min	0.0%
DCA–ORD	Washington to Chicago	485	90.7%	-5.2 min	0.4%
DCA–MCO	Washington to Orlando	445	87.9%	1.0 min	0.0%
DCA–LGA	Washington to New York	382	88.0%	-6.4 min	0.0%
DCA–BNA	Washington to Nashville	337	89.6%	-8.2 min	0.0%
DCA–MIA	Washington to Miami	314	90.1%	-5.7 min	0.0%
DCA–JFK	Washington to New York	268	81.0%	-0.7 min	0.0%
DCA–CLT	Washington to Charlotte	267	88.0%	-4.0 min	0.0%
DCA–DFW	Washington to Dallas/Fort Worth	263	86.3%	-1.3 min	0.0%
DCA–RDU	Washington to Raleigh/Durham	235	89.4%	-6.9 min	0.0%
DCA–DTW	Washington to Detroit	221	92.3%	-7.7 min	0.5%

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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	38.2%	42.5%	30,209
Late-arriving aircraft	48.7%	37.3%	38,593
National Aviation System	12.6%	16.2%	9,980
Extreme weather	0.4%	3.7%	285
Security	0.1%	0.3%	103

79,170 delay minutes on 1,337 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 November 2023?

87.2% of 11,353 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.