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Airport month · November 2025
Ronald Reagan Washington National in November 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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 11,586 domestic departures from Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA). 71.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.3% reached their destination on time; 3.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so DCA departures were 6.4 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 11,545 departures with 86.5% leaving on time: a change of −14.8 points, with flights up 0%.
Flights arriving at DCA that month were on time 66.9% of the time (11,593 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 56%, national aviation system 21% and air carrier 21%.
- On time 70.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.4%
- Cancelled 3.0%
- Diverted 0.2%
November 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Nov 2025 | Nov 2024 | DCA, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 71.7% | 86.5% | 70.9% | 78.1% |
| Arrived on time | 70.3% | 86.6% | 70.1% | 77.3% |
| Cancelled | 3.0% | 0.1% | 3.6% | 2.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 20.1 min | 9.7 min | 21.2 min | 15.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 386 | 385 | 390 | 19,018 |
| Scheduled departures | 11,586 | 11,545 | 142,173 | 570,550 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OH PSA Airlines | 3,337 | 29% | 63.6% | 18.0 min | 4.1% |
| YX Republic Airline | 2,267 | 20% | 70.3% | 9.4 min | 4.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 2,207 | 19% | 73.5% | 9.8 min | 1.6% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,294 | 11% | 74.0% | 8.5 min | 2.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 761 | 7% | 77.9% | 7.2 min | 1.7% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 551 | 5% | 66.2% | 17.9 min | 3.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 503 | 4% | 76.3% | 6.6 min | 1.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 385 | 3% | 76.6% | 3.9 min | 2.6% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 175 | 2% | 73.7% | 0.2 min | 0.6% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 82 | 1% | 80.5% | 3.9 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 24 | 0% | 62.5% | 12.6 min | 8.3% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DCA–BOS | Washington to Boston | 735 | 69.8% | 15.6 min | 3.3% |
| DCA–ORD | Washington to Chicago | 563 | 69.1% | 12.2 min | 5.2% |
| DCA–ATL | Washington to Atlanta | 543 | 75.7% | 10.3 min | 3.3% |
| DCA–LGA | Washington to New York | 394 | 54.3% | 29.9 min | 4.8% |
| DCA–MCO | Washington to Orlando | 372 | 71.8% | 9.4 min | 3.2% |
| DCA–BNA | Washington to Nashville | 360 | 74.7% | 8.2 min | 1.9% |
| DCA–MIA | Washington to Miami | 310 | 76.5% | 0.1 min | 1.6% |
| DCA–IAH | Washington to Houston | 270 | 78.9% | -2.8 min | 3.0% |
| DCA–DFW | Washington to Dallas/Fort Worth | 264 | 75.4% | 1.4 min | 0.8% |
| DCA–JFK | Washington to New York | 255 | 66.7% | 6.6 min | 4.7% |
| DCA–DTW | Washington to Detroit | 253 | 69.6% | 14.2 min | 3.6% |
| DCA–STL | Washington to St. Louis | 209 | 72.7% | 9.7 min | 1.9% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left DCA on time in November 2025?
71.7% of 11,586 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In November 2024, 86.5% of 11,545 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 71.7% and 3.0% in November 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.