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Airport month · July 2025
Ronald Reagan Washington National in July 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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 12,192 domestic departures from Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA). 60.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 60.4% reached their destination on time; 9.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so DCA departures were 9.1 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 11,948 departures with 69.0% leaving on time: a change of −8.4 points, with flights up 2%.
Flights arriving at DCA that month were on time 58.9% of the time (12,194 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 60.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.7%
- Cancelled 9.5%
- Diverted 0.4%
July 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jul 2025 | Jul 2024 | DCA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 60.6% | 69.0% | 70.9% | 69.7% |
| Arrived on time | 60.4% | 67.0% | 70.1% | 69.0% |
| Cancelled | 9.5% | 3.3% | 3.6% | 2.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 34.3 min | 26.5 min | 21.2 min | 24.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 406 | 398 | 390 | 21,048 |
| Scheduled departures | 12,192 | 11,948 | 142,173 | 631,428 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH PSA Airlines | 3,554 | 29% | 54.1% | 29.7 min | 13.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 2,271 | 19% | 62.7% | 24.3 min | 8.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 2,203 | 18% | 65.9% | 11.1 min | 12.1% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,386 | 11% | 60.0% | 30.9 min | 4.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 808 | 7% | 61.4% | 43.4 min | 5.1% |
| UA United Airlines | 648 | 5% | 65.1% | 38.6 min | 2.6% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 572 | 5% | 61.2% | 33.0 min | 7.3% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 482 | 4% | 62.4% | 11.8 min | 12.7% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 186 | 2% | 54.3% | 31.0 min | 2.2% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 82 | 1% | 69.5% | 27.6 min | 1.2% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCA–BOS | Washington to Boston | 750 | 62.1% | 23.7 min | 9.9% |
| DCA–ORD | Washington to Chicago | 590 | 60.8% | 35.9 min | 6.3% |
| DCA–ATL | Washington to Atlanta | 582 | 60.7% | 30.3 min | 8.2% |
| DCA–LGA | Washington to New York | 419 | 61.1% | 13.1 min | 15.3% |
| DCA–MCO | Washington to Orlando | 395 | 64.1% | 24.3 min | 4.3% |
| DCA–BNA | Washington to Nashville | 345 | 63.8% | 19.6 min | 10.7% |
| DCA–MIA | Washington to Miami | 332 | 59.6% | 41.3 min | 7.8% |
| DCA–DFW | Washington to Dallas/Fort Worth | 277 | 65.3% | 17.6 min | 7.9% |
| DCA–CLT | Washington to Charlotte | 245 | 62.0% | 26.4 min | 9.4% |
| DCA–DTW | Washington to Detroit | 239 | 60.3% | 32.9 min | 9.6% |
| DCA–PVD | Washington to Providence | 230 | 55.2% | 27.1 min | 10.9% |
| DCA–JFK | Washington to New York | 217 | 66.8% | 7.0 min | 17.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DCA on time in July 2025?
60.6% of 12,192 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 60.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In July 2024, 69.0% of 11,948 departures left on time and 3.3% were cancelled, against 60.6% and 9.5% in July 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for July 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.