Ronald Reagan Washington National in October 2024

86.9%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 12,035 domestic departures from Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA). 86.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.5% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so DCA departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 12,110 departures with 87.0% leaving on time: a change of −0.1 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at DCA that month were on time 86.4% of the time (12,036 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 87.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.7%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	DCA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	86.9%	87.0%	70.9%	85.5%
Arrived on time	87.5%	87.0%	70.1%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.1%	3.6%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.8 min	9.0 min	21.2 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	401	404	390	20,517
Scheduled departures	12,035	12,110	142,173	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	3,157	26%	85.1%	-1.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	2,438	20%	85.6%	-4.1 min	1.4%
YX Republic Airline	2,379	20%	92.1%	-9.8 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,335	11%	88.0%	-4.6 min	1.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	785	7%	92.0%	-7.5 min	0.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways	714	6%	83.1%	-3.7 min	3.4%
UA United Airlines	531	4%	88.9%	-3.0 min	0.2%
MQ Envoy Air	271	2%	84.9%	1.4 min	0.4%
9E Endeavor Air	173	1%	90.2%	-1.5 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	153	1%	92.8%	-13.6 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	93	1%	77.4%	6.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	6	0%	100.0%	-27.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DCA–BOS	Washington to Boston	912	87.0%	-2.9 min	0.3%
DCA–ATL	Washington to Atlanta	591	91.4%	-8.4 min	0.0%
DCA–ORD	Washington to Chicago	548	89.6%	-6.0 min	0.0%
DCA–MCO	Washington to Orlando	418	81.6%	-1.3 min	7.2%
DCA–LGA	Washington to New York	371	88.7%	-2.9 min	0.0%
DCA–BNA	Washington to Nashville	357	91.3%	-7.0 min	0.0%
DCA–MIA	Washington to Miami	326	85.3%	-1.4 min	1.5%
DCA–DFW	Washington to Dallas/Fort Worth	309	90.3%	-17.1 min	0.0%
DCA–CLT	Washington to Charlotte	284	84.2%	-1.8 min	0.0%
DCA–PVD	Washington to Providence	238	85.3%	4.0 min	0.4%
DCA–RDU	Washington to Raleigh/Durham	232	88.4%	-1.7 min	0.0%
DCA–DTW	Washington to Detroit	230	88.7%	-1.0 min	0.4%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.3%	42.7%	27,575
Late-arriving aircraft	49.8%	37.4%	43,854
National Aviation System	14.2%	16.3%	12,521
Extreme weather	4.5%	3.4%	3,952
Security	0.2%	0.2%	151

88,053 delay minutes on 1,404 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 October 2024?

86.9% of 12,035 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 87.0% of 12,110 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 86.9% and 0.7% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.