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Airport month · May 2025
Ronald Reagan Washington National in May 2025
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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 12,252 domestic departures from Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA). 72.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.9% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so DCA departures were 4.4 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 11,965 departures with 75.0% leaving on time: a change of −2.7 points, with flights up 2%.
Flights arriving at DCA that month were on time 68.3% of the time (12,252 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 24%.
- On time 68.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.2%
- Cancelled 2.5%
- Diverted 0.3%
May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2025 | May 2024 | DCA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 72.3% | 75.0% | 70.9% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 68.9% | 71.8% | 70.1% | 75.4% |
| Cancelled | 2.5% | 0.8% | 3.6% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 21.2 min | 19.8 min | 21.2 min | 17.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 408 | 399 | 390 | 20,188 |
| Scheduled departures | 12,252 | 11,965 | 142,173 | 605,648 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH PSA Airlines | 3,537 | 29% | 62.0% | 18.4 min | 5.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 2,400 | 20% | 73.6% | 14.7 min | 1.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 2,236 | 18% | 70.7% | 11.7 min | 2.4% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,351 | 11% | 68.4% | 17.2 min | 0.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 809 | 7% | 72.9% | 16.3 min | 0.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 638 | 5% | 76.6% | 12.3 min | 0.6% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 562 | 5% | 66.2% | 23.2 min | 0.4% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 441 | 4% | 72.1% | 6.5 min | 3.2% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 186 | 2% | 78.5% | -0.6 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 92 | 1% | 73.9% | 20.5 min | 1.1% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCA–BOS | Washington to Boston | 800 | 67.9% | 17.7 min | 1.1% |
| DCA–ATL | Washington to Atlanta | 592 | 70.9% | 15.4 min | 0.7% |
| DCA–ORD | Washington to Chicago | 556 | 73.7% | 15.4 min | 0.9% |
| DCA–MCO | Washington to Orlando | 390 | 62.6% | 26.4 min | 1.0% |
| DCA–LGA | Washington to New York | 388 | 60.6% | 24.6 min | 5.2% |
| DCA–BNA | Washington to Nashville | 377 | 67.1% | 15.2 min | 2.7% |
| DCA–MIA | Washington to Miami | 339 | 73.2% | 18.1 min | 2.4% |
| DCA–DFW | Washington to Dallas/Fort Worth | 310 | 70.0% | 19.6 min | 2.6% |
| DCA–CLT | Washington to Charlotte | 279 | 73.8% | 26.8 min | 2.9% |
| DCA–JFK | Washington to New York | 249 | 70.3% | 16.9 min | 2.4% |
| DCA–DTW | Washington to Detroit | 238 | 70.6% | 13.5 min | 2.5% |
| DCA–PVD | Washington to Providence | 231 | 74.0% | 8.4 min | 2.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DCA on time in May 2025?
72.3% of 12,252 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2024, 75.0% of 11,965 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 72.3% and 2.5% in May 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.