Ronald Reagan Washington National in June 2025

64.2%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 June 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 11,890 domestic departures from Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA). 64.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 62.1% reached their destination on time; 5.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 71.4% of flights departed on time and 70.3% arrived on time, so DCA departures were 7.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in June 2024, the airport had 11,457 departures with 77.3% leaving on time: a change of −13.1 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at DCA that month were on time 62.0% of the time (11,885 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 62.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 31.7%
Cancelled 5.9%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Jun 2025	Jun 2024	DCA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jun 2025
Departed on time	64.2%	77.3%	70.9%	71.4%
Arrived on time	62.1%	77.2%	70.1%	70.3%
Cancelled	5.9%	1.5%	3.6%	1.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	29.5 min	18.2 min	21.2 min	22.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	396	382	390	20,386
Scheduled departures	11,890	11,457	142,173	611,575

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	3,340	28%	51.2%	32.5 min	11.2%
YX Republic Airline	2,310	19%	66.0%	16.7 min	6.8%
AA American Airlines	2,168	18%	68.7%	21.9 min	3.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,344	11%	63.7%	23.3 min	1.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	783	7%	67.2%	29.4 min	2.4%
UA United Airlines	619	5%	67.2%	20.0 min	1.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways	555	5%	65.2%	22.8 min	0.9%
MQ Envoy Air	512	4%	61.7%	15.6 min	8.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	179	2%	66.5%	15.1 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	79	1%	74.7%	22.5 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1	0%	100.0%	-22.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DCA–BOS	Washington to Boston	747	66.1%	17.7 min	4.1%
DCA–ATL	Washington to Atlanta	568	63.9%	25.4 min	4.2%
DCA–ORD	Washington to Chicago	568	69.2%	12.6 min	3.0%
DCA–LGA	Washington to New York	397	60.5%	24.9 min	7.8%
DCA–MCO	Washington to Orlando	387	69.0%	22.7 min	1.8%
DCA–BNA	Washington to Nashville	341	63.6%	22.9 min	4.4%
DCA–MIA	Washington to Miami	326	66.0%	20.3 min	3.1%
DCA–DFW	Washington to Dallas/Fort Worth	274	68.6%	22.3 min	6.6%
DCA–CLT	Washington to Charlotte	256	64.5%	26.5 min	4.3%
DCA–DTW	Washington to Detroit	227	62.6%	31.6 min	6.2%
DCA–PVD	Washington to Providence	224	56.3%	24.2 min	8.0%
DCA–JFK	Washington to New York	213	67.6%	15.2 min	10.8%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), June 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jun 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	24.4%	31.6%	83,704
Late-arriving aircraft	46.7%	40.6%	160,066
National Aviation System	19.6%	20.9%	67,198
Extreme weather	9.1%	6.9%	31,302
Security	0.1%	0.2%	310

342,580 delay minutes on 3,774 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 June 2025?

64.2% of 11,890 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 62.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 71.4% and 70.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In June 2024, 77.3% of 11,457 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 64.2% and 5.9% in June 2025.

Provenance

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