Ronald Reagan Washington National in March 2026

64.7%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 12,204 domestic departures from Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA). 64.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.5% reached their destination on time; 5.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so DCA departures were 8.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 12,336 departures with 75.7% leaving on time: a change of −11.0 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at DCA that month were on time 62.3% of the time (12,202 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 66.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.2%
Cancelled 5.0%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	DCA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	64.7%	75.7%	70.9%	72.8%
Arrived on time	66.5%	75.3%	70.1%	73.2%
Cancelled	5.0%	2.3%	3.6%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	26.9 min	18.5 min	21.2 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	407	411	390	20,403
Scheduled departures	12,204	12,336	142,173	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	3,509	29%	56.7%	27.3 min	9.4%
AA American Airlines	2,359	19%	72.4%	8.8 min	2.3%
YX Republic Airline	2,335	19%	66.1%	15.1 min	4.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,382	11%	70.9%	10.9 min	2.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	807	7%	72.4%	13.7 min	4.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways	573	5%	66.1%	18.9 min	2.3%
UA United Airlines	538	4%	77.7%	11.4 min	2.8%
MQ Envoy Air	428	4%	73.6%	10.6 min	2.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	186	2%	66.7%	11.8 min	0.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines	84	1%	81.0%	1.4 min	2.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	3	0%	66.7%	-15.0 min	33.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DCA–BOS	Washington to Boston	809	65.4%	18.2 min	2.8%
DCA–ORD	Washington to Chicago	593	67.1%	19.6 min	5.9%
DCA–ATL	Washington to Atlanta	586	73.2%	7.4 min	4.8%
DCA–LGA	Washington to New York	436	47.2%	32.4 min	11.0%
DCA–BNA	Washington to Nashville	382	72.8%	12.5 min	3.7%
DCA–MCO	Washington to Orlando	380	72.6%	6.0 min	4.5%
DCA–MIA	Washington to Miami	337	77.7%	-1.5 min	2.1%
DCA–IAH	Washington to Houston	289	79.6%	3.7 min	3.8%
DCA–DFW	Washington to Dallas/Fort Worth	277	78.0%	7.3 min	1.8%
DCA–DTW	Washington to Detroit	271	68.6%	22.8 min	6.3%
DCA–MSP	Washington to Minneapolis	221	65.6%	24.4 min	5.0%
DCA–TPA	Washington to Tampa	218	72.0%	9.3 min	2.3%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	25.1%	33.5%	73,255
Late-arriving aircraft	49.0%	39.3%	142,941
National Aviation System	20.3%	21.0%	59,258
Extreme weather	5.3%	5.9%	15,346
Security	0.4%	0.2%	1,198

291,998 delay minutes on 3,438 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 March 2026?

64.7% of 12,204 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 75.7% of 12,336 departures left on time and 2.3% were cancelled, against 64.7% and 5.0% in March 2026.

Provenance

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