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Airport month · May 2024
Ronald Reagan Washington National in May 2024
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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 11,965 domestic departures from Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA). 75.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.8% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so DCA departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at DCA that month were on time 72.4% of the time (11,966 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 71.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.1%
- Cancelled 0.8%
- Diverted 0.3%
May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2024 | Year earlier | DCA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.0% | — | 70.9% | 73.4% |
| Arrived on time | 71.8% | — | 70.1% | 72.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.8% | — | 3.6% | 1.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 19.8 min | — | 21.2 min | 20.8 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 399 | — | 390 | 20,325 |
| Scheduled departures | 11,965 | — | 142,173 | 609,743 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH PSA Airlines | 3,062 | 26% | 70.9% | 14.5 min | 0.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 2,351 | 20% | 65.5% | 22.4 min | 1.3% |
| YX Republic Airline | 2,284 | 19% | 80.8% | 3.2 min | 0.8% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,335 | 11% | 67.0% | 18.5 min | 0.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 776 | 6% | 77.2% | 8.4 min | 0.1% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 755 | 6% | 76.6% | 6.6 min | 0.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 492 | 4% | 65.2% | 26.3 min | 2.8% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 453 | 4% | 67.1% | 14.7 min | 0.4% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 183 | 2% | 69.9% | 16.9 min | 2.2% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 155 | 1% | 78.7% | -0.5 min | 1.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 93 | 1% | 71.0% | 16.2 min | 1.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 26 | 0% | 73.1% | 19.3 min | 3.8% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCA–BOS | Washington to Boston | 854 | 70.3% | 14.8 min | 0.5% |
| DCA–ATL | Washington to Atlanta | 587 | 74.4% | 11.1 min | 0.2% |
| DCA–ORD | Washington to Chicago | 500 | 69.8% | 22.2 min | 2.0% |
| DCA–MCO | Washington to Orlando | 430 | 74.2% | 12.8 min | 0.2% |
| DCA–LGA | Washington to New York | 372 | 71.0% | 15.1 min | 2.2% |
| DCA–BNA | Washington to Nashville | 363 | 73.3% | 12.5 min | 0.3% |
| DCA–MIA | Washington to Miami | 332 | 69.9% | 19.1 min | 1.2% |
| DCA–CLT | Washington to Charlotte | 275 | 60.7% | 24.6 min | 0.7% |
| DCA–DFW | Washington to Dallas/Fort Worth | 248 | 53.2% | 37.2 min | 5.6% |
| DCA–RDU | Washington to Raleigh/Durham | 235 | 72.3% | 12.0 min | 1.7% |
| DCA–DTW | Washington to Detroit | 232 | 78.4% | 9.4 min | 0.0% |
| DCA–PVD | Washington to Providence | 224 | 76.3% | 12.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DCA on time in May 2024?
75.0% of 11,965 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
May 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 May 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.