Ronald Reagan Washington National in March 2024

81.9%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 11,970 domestic departures from Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.8% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so DCA departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DCA that month were on time 81.3% of the time (11,971 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 82.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.6%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	DCA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	81.9%	—	70.9%	78.5%
Arrived on time	82.8%	—	70.1%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	3.6%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.8 min	—	21.2 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	399	—	390	19,726
Scheduled departures	11,970	—	142,173	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	2,967	25%	82.5%	0.4 min	0.2%
AA American Airlines	2,510	21%	75.1%	12.5 min	1.0%
YX Republic Airline	2,350	20%	91.5%	-9.5 min	0.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,335	11%	82.8%	0.3 min	0.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways	797	7%	73.3%	9.3 min	0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	760	6%	87.4%	-0.7 min	0.3%
UA United Airlines	555	5%	89.9%	-6.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	255	2%	84.3%	-1.4 min	0.4%
9E Endeavor Air	184	2%	83.2%	4.8 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	155	1%	80.0%	-5.5 min	0.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	93	1%	83.9%	-14.3 min	3.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	9	0%	88.9%	24.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DCA–BOS	Washington to Boston	824	85.3%	-0.7 min	0.0%
DCA–ATL	Washington to Atlanta	582	88.5%	-2.0 min	0.0%
DCA–ORD	Washington to Chicago	499	87.8%	-0.9 min	0.0%
DCA–MCO	Washington to Orlando	467	73.7%	12.7 min	0.6%
DCA–LGA	Washington to New York	384	82.0%	1.7 min	0.3%
DCA–BNA	Washington to Nashville	347	89.9%	-8.6 min	0.0%
DCA–MIA	Washington to Miami	341	73.3%	13.3 min	4.1%
DCA–CLT	Washington to Charlotte	279	78.1%	10.9 min	0.0%
DCA–DFW	Washington to Dallas/Fort Worth	278	77.0%	6.8 min	2.2%
DCA–FLL	Washington to Fort Lauderdale	266	66.2%	21.2 min	1.1%
DCA–DTW	Washington to Detroit	230	85.7%	0.8 min	0.0%
DCA–RDU	Washington to Raleigh/Durham	228	81.1%	6.5 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	33.0%	32.1%	48,113
Late-arriving aircraft	47.3%	42.1%	69,003
National Aviation System	17.5%	21.4%	25,490
Extreme weather	2.1%	4.2%	3,007
Security	0.1%	0.2%	180

145,793 delay minutes on 1,985 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 March 2024?

81.9% of 11,970 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.