Ronald Reagan Washington National in February 2024

86.3%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 11,298 domestic departures from Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA). 86.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.0% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so DCA departures were 2.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DCA that month were on time 84.2% of the time (11,298 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 87.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.5%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from DCA in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	DCA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	86.3%	—	70.9%	84.0%
Arrived on time	87.0%	—	70.1%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	3.6%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.6 min	—	21.2 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	377	—	390	17,307
Scheduled departures	11,298	—	142,173	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	2,980	26%	84.4%	-3.9 min	0.4%
YX Republic Airline	2,300	20%	91.9%	-11.5 min	0.6%
AA American Airlines	1,981	18%	81.5%	3.6 min	0.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,257	11%	89.5%	-9.4 min	0.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways	733	6%	81.6%	-0.4 min	1.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	689	6%	91.4%	-9.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	526	5%	93.2%	-10.1 min	0.6%
MQ Envoy Air	381	3%	86.4%	-5.3 min	0.3%
9E Endeavor Air	195	2%	92.3%	-10.9 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	145	1%	88.3%	-10.9 min	0.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	87	1%	89.7%	-17.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	24	0%	95.8%	-11.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DCA–BOS	Washington to Boston	763	86.0%	-2.0 min	1.2%
DCA–ATL	Washington to Atlanta	550	89.8%	-9.0 min	0.2%
DCA–ORD	Washington to Chicago	491	90.4%	-7.7 min	0.4%
DCA–MCO	Washington to Orlando	433	82.2%	0.0 min	0.2%
DCA–LGA	Washington to New York	370	79.7%	-0.6 min	2.4%
DCA–BNA	Washington to Nashville	330	90.6%	-12.6 min	0.3%
DCA–MIA	Washington to Miami	317	81.4%	3.6 min	0.3%
DCA–CLT	Washington to Charlotte	261	85.8%	5.6 min	0.0%
DCA–DFW	Washington to Dallas/Fort Worth	261	80.5%	8.2 min	0.0%
DCA–FLL	Washington to Fort Lauderdale	243	83.5%	-0.1 min	0.4%
DCA–RDU	Washington to Raleigh/Durham	226	91.6%	-11.5 min	0.0%
DCA–DTW	Washington to Detroit	216	94.0%	-11.8 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.8%	35.9%	29,222
Late-arriving aircraft	50.0%	36.9%	45,925
National Aviation System	16.4%	21.7%	15,119
Extreme weather	1.7%	5.3%	1,528
Security	0.2%	0.3%	138

91,932 delay minutes on 1,413 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 February 2024?

86.3% of 11,298 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.