Ronald Reagan Washington National in April 2026

75.8%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 11,802 domestic departures from Ronald Reagan Washington National (DCA). 75.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.1% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so DCA departures were 3.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 12,034 departures with 78.9% leaving on time: a change of −3.1 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at DCA that month were on time 75.2% of the time (11,804 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 76.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.8%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	DCA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	75.8%	78.9%	70.9%	79.1%
Arrived on time	76.1%	77.0%	70.1%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.8%	0.9%	3.6%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.7 min	15.4 min	21.2 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	393	401	390	19,931
Scheduled departures	11,802	12,034	142,173	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	3,406	29%	69.8%	14.1 min	1.3%
YX Republic Airline	2,384	20%	79.1%	2.5 min	0.9%
AA American Airlines	2,137	18%	78.9%	5.8 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	1,324	11%	76.9%	5.6 min	0.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	779	7%	81.6%	3.1 min	0.5%
UA United Airlines	547	5%	77.1%	14.3 min	1.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways	543	5%	72.9%	12.6 min	0.7%
MQ Envoy Air	423	4%	83.7%	-0.3 min	0.5%
AS Alaska Airlines	180	2%	81.7%	-1.4 min	0.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	79	1%	79.7%	6.6 min	1.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DCA–BOS	Washington to Boston	783	72.7%	12.5 min	0.4%
DCA–ORD	Washington to Chicago	567	73.2%	15.3 min	3.9%
DCA–ATL	Washington to Atlanta	563	82.8%	0.4 min	0.4%
DCA–LGA	Washington to New York	422	64.2%	14.6 min	1.4%
DCA–MCO	Washington to Orlando	383	83.6%	6.4 min	0.0%
DCA–BNA	Washington to Nashville	371	78.2%	1.5 min	0.5%
DCA–MIA	Washington to Miami	329	79.9%	4.0 min	0.0%
DCA–DFW	Washington to Dallas/Fort Worth	294	78.6%	11.9 min	1.0%
DCA–IAH	Washington to Houston	282	83.3%	0.0 min	0.0%
DCA–DTW	Washington to Detroit	262	76.7%	5.8 min	1.5%
DCA–MSP	Washington to Minneapolis	215	82.3%	4.2 min	0.0%
DCA–CLT	Washington to Charlotte	206	86.4%	-4.2 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	24.8%	33.5%	50,424
Late-arriving aircraft	51.4%	40.4%	104,697
National Aviation System	18.5%	21.0%	37,656
Extreme weather	5.2%	5.0%	10,586
Security	0.1%	0.1%	209

203,572 delay minutes on 2,686 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 April 2026?

75.8% of 11,802 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 78.9% of 12,034 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 75.8% and 0.8% in April 2026.

Provenance

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