Ronald Reagan Washington National in January 2026

67.9%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 11,858 domestic departures from Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA). 67.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.8% reached their destination on time; 9.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so DCA departures were 7.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 11,734 departures with 71.9% leaving on time: a change of −4.0 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at DCA that month were on time 65.0% of the time (11,858 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 58%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 67.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.5%
Cancelled 9.4%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from DCA in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	DCA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	67.9%	71.9%	70.9%	75.6%
Arrived on time	67.8%	69.4%	70.1%	75.3%
Cancelled	9.4%	9.3%	3.6%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.6 min	16.1 min	21.2 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	395	391	390	18,133
Scheduled departures	11,858	11,734	142,173	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	3,082	26%	57.2%	21.4 min	12.4%
AA American Airlines	2,447	21%	69.9%	6.1 min	10.2%
YX Republic Airline	2,379	20%	70.2%	6.3 min	9.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,345	11%	80.4%	-1.6 min	5.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	795	7%	73.1%	4.4 min	6.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	579	5%	61.1%	22.3 min	8.6%
UA United Airlines	522	4%	76.4%	1.3 min	4.8%
MQ Envoy Air	438	4%	68.0%	12.9 min	8.4%
AS Alaska Airlines	186	2%	66.1%	8.0 min	7.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	85	1%	75.3%	2.6 min	4.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DCA–BOS	Washington to Boston	754	68.7%	12.3 min	9.2%
DCA–ORD	Washington to Chicago	588	69.6%	6.5 min	7.7%
DCA–ATL	Washington to Atlanta	572	73.8%	0.8 min	9.3%
DCA–LGA	Washington to New York	404	71.0%	6.8 min	9.2%
DCA–MCO	Washington to Orlando	378	68.8%	6.8 min	7.7%
DCA–BNA	Washington to Nashville	369	75.1%	3.5 min	9.2%
DCA–MIA	Washington to Miami	340	71.5%	-0.2 min	8.8%
DCA–IAH	Washington to Houston	282	78.7%	-6.3 min	6.4%
DCA–DFW	Washington to Dallas/Fort Worth	277	70.4%	2.8 min	12.6%
DCA–DTW	Washington to Detroit	249	65.9%	10.3 min	8.4%
DCA–MSP	Washington to Minneapolis	223	66.8%	11.4 min	6.7%
DCA–FLL	Washington to Fort Lauderdale	222	61.7%	20.3 min	6.8%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	25.3%	37.3%	51,888
Late-arriving aircraft	58.0%	35.0%	118,707
National Aviation System	11.9%	18.0%	24,457
Extreme weather	4.8%	9.6%	9,748
Security	0.0%	0.1%	26

204,826 delay minutes on 2,672 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 January 2026?

67.9% of 11,858 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 71.9% of 11,734 departures left on time and 9.3% were cancelled, against 67.9% and 9.4% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.