Ronald Reagan Washington National in April 2025

78.9%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 12,034 domestic departures from Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA). 78.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.0% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so DCA departures were 1.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 11,546 departures with 80.9% leaving on time: a change of −2.0 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at DCA that month were on time 76.3% of the time (12,035 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 77.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.9%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	DCA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	78.9%	80.9%	70.9%	80.6%
Arrived on time	77.0%	79.5%	70.1%	79.5%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.6%	3.6%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.4 min	14.9 min	21.2 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	401	385	390	19,465
Scheduled departures	12,034	11,546	142,173	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	3,643	30%	69.0%	16.9 min	1.8%
AA American Airlines	2,517	21%	77.2%	6.3 min	0.6%
YX Republic Airline	2,048	17%	81.6%	1.0 min	0.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,325	11%	80.7%	4.6 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	774	6%	82.4%	4.0 min	0.9%
UA United Airlines	628	5%	82.6%	3.0 min	0.8%
B6 JetBlue Airways	578	5%	84.8%	-1.1 min	0.2%
MQ Envoy Air	251	2%	82.5%	1.4 min	0.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	180	1%	79.4%	2.4 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	90	1%	76.7%	3.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DCA–BOS	Washington to Boston	766	82.8%	-0.6 min	0.0%
DCA–ATL	Washington to Atlanta	579	79.8%	4.4 min	1.2%
DCA–ORD	Washington to Chicago	546	78.9%	11.9 min	1.3%
DCA–LGA	Washington to New York	384	76.6%	6.0 min	0.3%
DCA–MCO	Washington to Orlando	384	79.7%	5.2 min	0.8%
DCA–BNA	Washington to Nashville	367	77.7%	8.3 min	0.8%
DCA–MIA	Washington to Miami	325	76.6%	7.2 min	0.6%
DCA–DFW	Washington to Dallas/Fort Worth	300	76.0%	5.9 min	2.7%
DCA–CLT	Washington to Charlotte	270	77.8%	6.4 min	0.7%
DCA–JFK	Washington to New York	240	78.8%	2.3 min	0.8%
DCA–DTW	Washington to Detroit	224	77.7%	5.5 min	0.9%
DCA–PVD	Washington to Providence	223	81.6%	0.9 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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	28.3%	32.7%	51,679
Late-arriving aircraft	48.9%	39.4%	89,177
National Aviation System	19.1%	22.2%	34,894
Extreme weather	3.5%	5.5%	6,450
Security	0.1%	0.2%	184

182,384 delay minutes on 2,639 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 April 2025?

78.9% of 12,034 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 80.9% of 11,546 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 78.9% and 0.9% in April 2025.

Provenance

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