Ronald Reagan Washington National in February 2026

67.3%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 10,996 domestic departures from Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA). 67.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.9% reached their destination on time; 4.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so DCA departures were 10.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 10,981 departures with 61.8% leaving on time: a change of +5.5 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at DCA that month were on time 63.6% of the time (10,996 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 57%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 67.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.6%
Cancelled 4.3%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	DCA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	67.3%	61.8%	70.9%	78.1%
Arrived on time	67.9%	60.5%	70.1%	78.3%
Cancelled	4.3%	7.4%	3.6%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.1 min	29.6 min	21.2 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	367	366	390	17,168
Scheduled departures	10,996	10,981	142,173	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	2,905	26%	58.7%	22.4 min	5.9%
YX Republic Airline	2,332	21%	66.1%	9.4 min	7.3%
AA American Airlines	2,172	20%	70.4%	13.4 min	2.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,224	11%	78.9%	0.0 min	1.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	726	7%	77.4%	3.3 min	2.8%
B6 JetBlue Airways	525	5%	62.7%	18.5 min	5.9%
UA United Airlines	480	4%	83.5%	-4.7 min	0.2%
MQ Envoy Air	388	4%	70.9%	11.3 min	2.6%
AS Alaska Airlines	168	2%	60.7%	15.6 min	0.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	76	1%	78.9%	13.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DCA–BOS	Washington to Boston	730	65.2%	16.5 min	8.5%
DCA–ORD	Washington to Chicago	530	76.2%	6.9 min	1.3%
DCA–ATL	Washington to Atlanta	528	77.7%	0.5 min	4.0%
DCA–LGA	Washington to New York	390	54.6%	22.2 min	8.7%
DCA–BNA	Washington to Nashville	344	75.9%	2.9 min	3.5%
DCA–MCO	Washington to Orlando	344	70.6%	13.6 min	1.2%
DCA–MIA	Washington to Miami	302	79.5%	7.5 min	2.3%
DCA–IAH	Washington to Houston	258	87.6%	-13.8 min	2.3%
DCA–DFW	Washington to Dallas/Fort Worth	252	77.8%	0.0 min	1.6%
DCA–DTW	Washington to Detroit	240	72.1%	4.1 min	3.8%
DCA–MSP	Washington to Minneapolis	200	72.0%	9.1 min	4.0%
DCA–TPA	Washington to Tampa	195	73.8%	7.7 min	0.5%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	24.0%	38.2%	52,055
Late-arriving aircraft	56.9%	37.2%	123,328
National Aviation System	15.4%	18.5%	33,374
Extreme weather	3.6%	6.0%	7,743
Security	0.1%	0.2%	200

216,700 delay minutes on 3,037 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 February 2026?

67.3% of 10,996 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 61.8% of 10,981 departures left on time and 7.4% were cancelled, against 67.3% and 4.3% in February 2026.

Provenance

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