On-Time Report

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Airport month · June 2024

Ronald Reagan Washington National in June 2024

77.3%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 June 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 11,457 domestic departures from Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA). 77.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.2% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.7% of flights departed on time and 73.9% arrived on time, so DCA departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DCA that month were on time 76.2% of the time (11,461 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 18%.

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

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

MeasureJun 2024Year earlierDCA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jun 2024
Departed on time77.3%—70.9%73.7%
Arrived on time77.2%—70.1%73.9%
Cancelled1.5%—3.6%1.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)18.2 min—21.2 min19.7 min
Scheduled departures a day382—39020,371
Scheduled departures11,457—142,173611,132

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OH PSA Airlines2,83125%76.3%7.6 min1.7%
AA American Airlines2,45321%72.2%15.9 min2.0%
YX Republic Airline2,10618%83.6%1.5 min1.7%
WN Southwest Airlines1,29111%81.1%3.9 min0.1%
DL Delta Air Lines7747%78.3%6.2 min0.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways7166%77.0%10.4 min2.2%
UA United Airlines4854%74.4%14.4 min2.1%
MQ Envoy Air3823%69.4%13.7 min2.1%
9E Endeavor Air1701%74.1%16.4 min0.6%
AS Alaska Airlines1501%80.7%0.6 min0.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines891%78.7%-0.7 min2.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines100%90.0%11.7 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DCA–BOSWashington to Boston80775.5%11.3 min1.7%
DCA–ATLWashington to Atlanta56383.1%6.7 min0.0%
DCA–ORDWashington to Chicago50073.8%12.8 min1.4%
DCA–MCOWashington to Orlando41676.0%13.0 min0.7%
DCA–LGAWashington to New York34975.6%13.1 min4.0%
DCA–BNAWashington to Nashville34681.8%7.2 min0.6%
DCA–MIAWashington to Miami29866.1%14.6 min7.0%
DCA–CLTWashington to Charlotte25174.1%13.1 min2.0%
DCA–DFWWashington to Dallas/Fort Worth24872.2%18.8 min1.2%
DCA–RDUWashington to Raleigh/Durham22474.1%11.1 min0.4%
DCA–DTWWashington to Detroit22075.0%9.1 min1.4%
DCA–PVDWashington to Providence21582.3%16.3 min2.3%

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), June 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jun 2024Minutes
Air carrier26.7%34.4%51,216
Late-arriving aircraft49.2%41.5%94,253
National Aviation System18.0%17.8%34,479
Extreme weather5.9%6.0%11,300
Security0.1%0.2%238
191,486 delay minutes on 2,386 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left DCA on time in June 2024?

77.3% of 11,457 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.7% and 73.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

June 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 June 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.