Ronald Reagan Washington National in October 2025

78.2%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 12,273 domestic departures from Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA). 78.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.4% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so DCA departures were 1.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 12,035 departures with 86.9% leaving on time: a change of −8.7 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at DCA that month were on time 74.8% of the time (12,298 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 76.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.9%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	DCA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	78.2%	86.9%	70.9%	80.0%
Arrived on time	76.4%	87.5%	70.1%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.7%	3.6%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.4 min	8.8 min	21.2 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	409	401	390	20,195
Scheduled departures	12,273	12,035	142,173	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	3,263	27%	75.1%	6.4 min	0.2%
AA American Airlines	2,581	21%	76.1%	10.5 min	0.9%
YX Republic Airline	2,450	20%	75.9%	6.0 min	1.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,359	11%	74.5%	7.4 min	0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	803	7%	87.3%	-5.0 min	0.1%
UA United Airlines	627	5%	80.1%	-0.1 min	0.2%
B6 JetBlue Airways	582	5%	67.7%	15.1 min	0.7%
MQ Envoy Air	332	3%	84.6%	-1.9 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	186	2%	72.0%	8.7 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	84	1%	88.1%	-9.7 min	1.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	6	0%	66.7%	2.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DCA–BOS	Washington to Boston	774	63.4%	19.6 min	2.2%
DCA–ORD	Washington to Chicago	597	75.2%	7.5 min	0.7%
DCA–ATL	Washington to Atlanta	582	83.5%	-2.0 min	0.2%
DCA–LGA	Washington to New York	398	63.8%	20.1 min	4.0%
DCA–MCO	Washington to Orlando	398	80.2%	9.7 min	0.0%
DCA–BNA	Washington to Nashville	386	77.5%	5.1 min	0.0%
DCA–MIA	Washington to Miami	337	77.7%	5.4 min	0.3%
DCA–IAH	Washington to Houston	291	87.6%	-11.0 min	0.0%
DCA–DFW	Washington to Dallas/Fort Worth	279	77.8%	3.8 min	0.7%
DCA–DTW	Washington to Detroit	258	88.0%	-3.2 min	0.0%
DCA–CLT	Washington to Charlotte	248	83.1%	19.8 min	0.8%
DCA–JFK	Washington to New York	224	77.2%	7.8 min	3.1%

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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	26.3%	34.0%	45,208
Late-arriving aircraft	46.6%	39.7%	80,185
National Aviation System	25.3%	22.9%	43,591
Extreme weather	1.5%	3.3%	2,575
Security	0.3%	0.1%	490

172,049 delay minutes on 2,811 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 October 2025?

78.2% of 12,273 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 86.9% of 12,035 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 78.2% and 0.6% in October 2025.

Provenance

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