Ronald Reagan Washington National in November 2024

86.5%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 11,545 domestic departures from Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA). 86.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.6% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so DCA departures were 1.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 11,353 departures with 87.2% leaving on time: a change of −0.7 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at DCA that month were on time 85.5% of the time (11,546 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 86.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.2%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	DCA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	86.5%	87.2%	70.9%	85.2%
Arrived on time	86.6%	88.0%	70.1%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.1%	3.6%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.7 min	8.4 min	21.2 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	385	378	390	19,180
Scheduled departures	11,545	11,353	142,173	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	3,315	29%	84.6%	-1.6 min	0.2%
YX Republic Airline	2,327	20%	88.1%	-5.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	2,091	18%	85.7%	-2.1 min	0.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,267	11%	87.5%	-4.1 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	753	7%	90.6%	-7.0 min	0.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways	561	5%	88.1%	-5.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	499	4%	88.0%	-4.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	317	3%	88.6%	-1.4 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	155	1%	81.3%	2.8 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	146	1%	85.6%	-2.8 min	0.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	90	1%	81.1%	-1.3 min	1.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	24	0%	87.5%	-6.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DCA–BOS	Washington to Boston	794	87.7%	-5.5 min	0.0%
DCA–ATL	Washington to Atlanta	566	89.8%	-6.8 min	0.0%
DCA–ORD	Washington to Chicago	528	87.9%	-1.4 min	0.0%
DCA–MCO	Washington to Orlando	381	90.8%	-9.1 min	0.5%
DCA–LGA	Washington to New York	366	80.1%	2.1 min	0.0%
DCA–MIA	Washington to Miami	339	91.7%	-8.7 min	0.0%
DCA–BNA	Washington to Nashville	334	89.8%	-6.1 min	0.0%
DCA–DFW	Washington to Dallas/Fort Worth	292	85.3%	-2.3 min	1.0%
DCA–CLT	Washington to Charlotte	263	84.8%	6.1 min	0.0%
DCA–RDU	Washington to Raleigh/Durham	232	81.9%	-1.8 min	0.0%
DCA–DTW	Washington to Detroit	220	90.0%	-6.5 min	0.5%
DCA–JFK	Washington to New York	208	88.0%	-4.7 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	32.9%	36.9%	32,521
Late-arriving aircraft	45.2%	35.6%	44,654
National Aviation System	17.8%	21.9%	17,587
Extreme weather	3.9%	5.4%	3,885
Security	0.1%	0.2%	131

98,778 delay minutes on 1,524 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 November 2024?

86.5% of 11,545 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 87.2% of 11,353 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 86.5% and 0.1% in November 2024.

Provenance

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