On-Time Report

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Airport month · July 2024

Ronald Reagan Washington National in July 2024

69.0%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 11,948 domestic departures from Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA). 69.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.0% reached their destination on time; 3.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so DCA departures were 0.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DCA that month were on time 67.9% of the time (11,948 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 19%.

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

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

MeasureJul 2024Year earlierDCA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time69.0%—70.9%68.5%
Arrived on time67.0%—70.1%68.1%
Cancelled3.3%—3.6%2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)26.5 min—21.2 min24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day398—39021,154
Scheduled departures11,948—142,173634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OH PSA Airlines3,16126%61.0%27.1 min5.1%
AA American Airlines2,51221%66.7%22.0 min2.3%
YX Republic Airline2,05117%75.3%9.3 min1.9%
WN Southwest Airlines1,34611%68.7%16.3 min0.4%
DL Delta Air Lines8157%63.9%24.0 min8.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways7336%73.3%12.1 min0.8%
UA United Airlines5124%64.8%21.4 min5.7%
MQ Envoy Air3933%64.9%23.4 min1.5%
9E Endeavor Air1691%52.7%31.0 min6.5%
AS Alaska Airlines1551%77.4%-1.1 min0.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines931%76.3%18.0 min4.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines80%50.0%142.3 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DCA–BOSWashington to Boston83072.3%15.1 min1.8%
DCA–ATLWashington to Atlanta59160.4%30.7 min6.1%
DCA–ORDWashington to Chicago52869.1%16.1 min3.8%
DCA–MCOWashington to Orlando42872.7%12.7 min2.3%
DCA–LGAWashington to New York37067.3%16.7 min4.3%
DCA–BNAWashington to Nashville35872.1%15.8 min1.4%
DCA–MIAWashington to Miami31670.9%26.2 min2.5%
DCA–CLTWashington to Charlotte26461.7%29.4 min3.4%
DCA–DFWWashington to Dallas/Fort Worth25867.1%21.4 min1.9%
DCA–DTWWashington to Detroit23167.1%16.2 min8.7%
DCA–RDUWashington to Raleigh/Durham23060.9%22.5 min4.3%
DCA–PVDWashington to Providence22770.5%22.2 min1.8%

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jul 2024Minutes
Air carrier24.9%36.6%76,426
Late-arriving aircraft49.8%42.7%153,118
National Aviation System18.5%16.0%57,022
Extreme weather6.7%4.6%20,748
Security0.1%0.1%160
307,474 delay minutes on 3,509 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 July 2024?

69.0% of 11,948 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.