Ronald Reagan Washington National in January 2025

71.9%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 11,734 domestic departures from Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA). 71.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.4% reached their destination on time; 9.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so DCA departures were 7.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 11,486 departures with 73.1% leaving on time: a change of −1.2 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at DCA that month were on time 71.1% of the time (11,740 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 69.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.1%
Cancelled 9.3%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from DCA in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	DCA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	71.9%	73.1%	70.9%	79.3%
Arrived on time	69.4%	72.3%	70.1%	78.6%
Cancelled	9.3%	5.7%	3.6%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.1 min	19.7 min	21.2 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	391	383	390	17,992
Scheduled departures	11,734	11,486	142,173	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	3,753	32%	56.6%	20.2 min	12.7%
YX Republic Airline	2,244	19%	78.3%	-4.0 min	8.5%
AA American Airlines	1,952	17%	76.1%	1.2 min	7.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,339	11%	73.2%	3.9 min	8.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	756	6%	73.4%	9.8 min	6.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways	538	5%	72.1%	3.8 min	8.0%
UA United Airlines	469	4%	77.4%	5.1 min	7.7%
MQ Envoy Air	405	3%	70.1%	9.5 min	7.7%
AS Alaska Airlines	155	1%	71.6%	3.8 min	5.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	93	1%	76.3%	0.5 min	5.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	30	0%	73.3%	-1.0 min	3.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DCA–BOS	Washington to Boston	774	80.1%	-5.3 min	7.2%
DCA–ATL	Washington to Atlanta	589	69.6%	12.0 min	10.5%
DCA–ORD	Washington to Chicago	557	82.2%	0.5 min	6.1%
DCA–MCO	Washington to Orlando	386	74.6%	3.1 min	6.0%
DCA–LGA	Washington to New York	370	73.5%	2.0 min	8.4%
DCA–MIA	Washington to Miami	368	76.9%	-1.4 min	5.7%
DCA–BNA	Washington to Nashville	341	68.3%	7.7 min	10.9%
DCA–DFW	Washington to Dallas/Fort Worth	308	70.8%	3.0 min	9.7%
DCA–CLT	Washington to Charlotte	302	75.8%	-1.2 min	8.3%
DCA–DTW	Washington to Detroit	228	70.6%	8.1 min	6.6%
DCA–PVD	Washington to Providence	227	69.6%	7.4 min	7.0%
DCA–MSP	Washington to Minneapolis	208	72.1%	3.4 min	6.7%

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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	27.4%	36.2%	47,340
Late-arriving aircraft	44.8%	34.7%	77,230
National Aviation System	20.4%	19.9%	35,202
Extreme weather	7.4%	9.1%	12,740
Security	0.0%	0.2%	67

172,579 delay minutes on 2,478 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 January 2025?

71.9% of 11,734 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 73.1% of 11,486 departures left on time and 5.7% were cancelled, against 71.9% and 9.3% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.